- to douse out a fire
- to douse/to extinguish/to put out a fire затушить костёр/огонь
Большой англо-русский учебный словарь сочетаемости. Кауль М.Р., Хидекель С.С. 2010.
to douse out a fire
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fire — I n. destructive burning 1) to set, start a fire; to set fire to (they set fire to the barn) 2) to catch fire (the house caught fire) 3) to contain; extinguish, put out; stamp out a fire; to bring a fire under control 4) a raging, roaring fire 5) … Combinatory dictionary
douse — also dowse verb (T) 1 to put out a fire by pouring water on it 2 (+ with/in) to cover something in water or other liquid … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
douse — douse1 [dous] vt. doused, dousing [16th c. slang, ? akin to MDu dossen, to beat noisily] 1. Obs. to hit forcefully 2. Naut. to lower (sails) quickly 3. Informal to pull off (shoes, clothes, etc.) 4. Informal to put out (a light or fire) quickly… … English World dictionary
douse — [[t]da͟ʊs[/t]] douses, dousing, doused also dowse 1) VERB If you douse a fire, you stop it burning by pouring a lot of water over it. [V n] The pumps were started and the crew began to douse the fire with water. 2) VERB If you douse someone or… … English dictionary
fire — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 destructive flames ADJECTIVE ▪ big, huge ▪ fierce, raging ▪ serious ▪ catastrophic, devasta … Collocations dictionary
put out — [v1] upset, irritate; inconvenience aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, burn, confound, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disoblige, displease, dissatisfy, disturb, embarrass, exasperate, gall, get*, grate, harass,… … New thesaurus
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blow out — verb 1. melt, break, or become otherwise unusable (Freq. 2) The lightbulbs blew out The fuse blew • Syn: ↑burn out, ↑blow • Derivationally related forms: ↑blowout … Useful english dictionary
blow out — Synonyms and related words: backfire, belch, blast, blow, blow open, blow up, break out, burst, burst forth, burst out, bust, cast forth, choke, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, damp, debouch, decant, defecate … Moby Thesaurus
Bushfire — A Bushfire is a fire that occurs in the bush (collective term for scrub, woodland or grassland of Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia). In south east Australia, bushfires tend to be most common and most severe during summer and autumn, in… … Wikipedia
