Definition of douses:
(v) :
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
(v) :
(ambitransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
(v) :
(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
(n) :
A sudden plunging into water.
(v) :
(transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.
(v) :
(transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly