as in dripping
containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water
the drenched tourists straggled into the visitors' center
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as in wetted
to make wet
we were drenched by the sudden rainstorm
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as in soaked
to wet thoroughly with liquid
when using the carpet shampooer, wet but do not drench the carpet
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Recent Examples of drenched
Jerry Beach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Last Friday, as heavy rain from Helene drenched the Cloyds’ community, Keli headed to her job as a beauty supply store’s manager 20 miles east of her home.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Patients were showing up at the hospital drenched in floodwater saturated with gasoline, chemicals and other unknown toxins.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
This storm inundated areas that had already been drenched by Tropical Storm Debby in August.
—Kathie Dello, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
In late September, Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast and drenched the Southeast, with devastating flooding taking a deadly toll in the mountains of North Carolina.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
As for Smith, their vocal delivery is flawlessly smooth and drenched in an obvious reverence.
—James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
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There have been bigger at-bats in Mets history, but few drenched with as much narrative drama and dueling bits of symbolism.
—Jerry Beach, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Last Friday, as heavy rain from Helene drenched the Cloyds’ community, Keli headed to her job as a beauty supply store’s manager 20 miles east of her home.
—Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
Patients were showing up at the hospital drenched in floodwater saturated with gasoline, chemicals and other unknown toxins.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
This storm inundated areas that had already been drenched by Tropical Storm Debby in August.
—Kathie Dello, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2024
In late September, Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Gulf Coast and drenched the Southeast, with devastating flooding taking a deadly toll in the mountains of North Carolina.
—Gina Martinez, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
As for Smith, their vocal delivery is flawlessly smooth and drenched in an obvious reverence.
—James Factora, Them, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drenched
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These substances, which can be severely harmful and even life-threatening, can be soaked into or sprayed on paper, which then gets distributed across facilities.Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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Asheville and its surrounding towns in western North Carolina had just been soaked by a severe rainstorm when the remnants of Hurricane Helene slammed into the Blue Ridge Mountains.Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
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There are slight differences in their unsaturated and saturated fat content and their sodium and potassium concentrations.Isabel Vasquez RD LDN, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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Its softer tones serve as a backdrop to a myriad of accent colors and furnishing styles, while more saturated yellows can be played up to make more of a statement—especially with finish treatment (eggshell vs. gloss etc.).Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024
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In a desperate attempt to escape the heat, the lawsuit said many prisoners wet their sheets and sleep on the concrete floor.Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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To whet your appetite (or wet your whistle), here are the current odds, courtesy of betonline.ag: Ohtani, 1-12 Francisco Lindor, 5-1 Marcell Ozuna, 75-1 The postseason race A look at how the teams stack up.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024
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The body of a man who drowned at Ashurst Lake near Flagstaff over the weekend was found Monday.Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 2 Oct. 2024
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Michael, Nora and Micah all drowned, according to the family.Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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This year's summer winds washed thousands of plastic pellets ashore near Colombo, Sri Lanka, three years after a massive fire aboard the X-Press Pearl burned for days and sank the vessel a few miles offshore.CBS News, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
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Only rarely would baked goods or other food items containing washed poppy seeds trigger positive drug tests, doctors who have studied the issue said.David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024
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Chief among them are efforts to train crews to identify and treat an overdose and a push to saturate fleets with naloxone, the opioid antagonist, commonly administered as a nasal spray under the trade name Narcan, that can reverse overdoses and retrieve a fading patient from a mortal slide.C.J. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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To give the vinegar a longer working time, saturate paper towels and press them against the glass like wallpaper.Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
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In their last moments on the phone last Friday, Alonso described the moment panic set in for Andrade as water flooded the streets.Ashley R. Williams, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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Since the last war between Hezbollah and Israel, in 2006, the group flooded once-impoverished Shia communities across Lebanon with investment.Ruth Michaelson / Beirut, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Drenched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drenched. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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