drenched
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drenched (comparative more drenched, superlative most drenched)Category:English lemmas#DRENCHEDCategory:English adjectives#DRENCHEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DRENCHEDCategory:Pages with entries#DRENCHEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DRENCHED
- Completely wet; sodden
- Synonyms: plashy, saturated, soaked; see also Thesaurus:wet
- The storm's so bad that if you step outside for 20 seconds, you get drenched.Category:English terms with usage examples#DRENCHED
- 1979, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, “Spanish Bombs”, in London Calling, performed by The Clash:
- Back home the buses went up in flashes / The Irish tomb was drenched in bloodCategory:English terms with quotations#DRENCHED
- 2012, Bob Dylan, “Pay in Blood”, in Tempest:
- Well I'm grinding my life out, steady and sure / Nothing more wretched than what I must endure / I'm drenched in the light that shines from the sunCategory:English terms with quotations#DRENCHED
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completely wet; sodden
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drenchedCategory:English non-lemma forms#DRENCHEDCategory:English verb forms#DRENCHEDCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#DRENCHEDCategory:Pages with entries#DRENCHEDCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DRENCHED
- simple past and past participle of drench
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