hosed (down)

verb

Definition of hosed (down)next
past tense of hose (down)
as in flooded

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hosed (down)
  1. flooded
  2. inundated
  3. wet down
  4. overflowed
  5. wet
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of flooded
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  • Soon after, Adams and the owners were inundated with requests for shorts repping other neighborhoods, like Dorchester, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain.
    Steph Solis, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Worldwide, drought and heat have sparked a series of unprecedented fires, and floods have inundated vast regions.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of inundated
Verb
  • Once established, the plants shouldn’t need much water, but the crossing will have an irrigation system installed that can be activated to wet down the crossing in the event of a wildfire.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The state agency has carried out precautionary measures, including wetting down potentially at-risk areas with water trucks, placing backup generators at key field division facilities and creating staffing plans to continue managing State Water Project operations remotely upon evacuation.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
Definition of wet down
Verb
  • Once the French Broad River, which flows through Asheville, and its subsidiaries overflowed, the water rushed into nearby neighborhoods within minutes.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Rivers overflowed, and a chunk of one of the state’s major highways collapsed, cutting off communities; floods slung mud and muck into buildings.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of overflowed
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of wet
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