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Drenching a pedestrian by zooming through a puddle near a pavement is not only terrible manners, it is also potentially a criminal offence.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024

Storms: Drenching rains are expected to pummel California on Wednesday, and then again over the weekend.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2023

Drenching rain caused flooding and triggered multiple mud and debris slides in Northern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021

Drenching rains that unleashed the deadly torrents managed to finally contain the largest wildfire in state history, which burned for weeks above Montecito and stripped the steep hills of vegetation, making it prone to mudslides.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2018

Drenching animals by way of the nostril and irritating drenches, or regurgitated feed passing into the air passages and lungs are the traumatic causes of pneumonia.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.