Meanings of douse the fire in English

Seven helicopters and four planes were being used today to douse the fire.

Sarkozy sacrificed two junior ministers last weekend to try to douse the fire.

All I have to do is douse the fire.

The flames burnt cladding, wiring and plumbing, while firefighters smashed windows to douse the fire.

Meanwhile, the president appears to be trying to douse the fire that started this personnel crisis.

Firemen took 45 minutes to douse the fire.

We got reservoys built an' the boiler's moved back, so we can douse the fire when she starts.

The next morning, before we left the camp the officers had made, I was told to douse the fire.

Kahg roared and then ducked his head into the ocean, as though he were trying to douse the fire.

Now, then, douse the fire!

Firefighters climbed an aerial ladder with hoses to douse the fire, and the water quickly formed icicles and a shell of ice encased the building.

The police kept dousing the fires, but insurrectionists started them up again.

Finally, he doused the fire with river water and smothered it with earth.

We hid our gear and doused the fire before we left.

Dousing the fire had made the assassins' job of picking targets a lot harder.

Wherever it touched, the thick liquid instantly doused the fire.