English

Verb
firehosing

1. literal The act of douse|dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water.
2. context|metaphoric Extensive and possibly excessive criticism of an idea by presenting an overwhelming number of arguments against it.
3. italbrac|videography Video camera movement intended to record as much of a scene as possible, such as by swing|swinging the camera from side to side, usually in a way that makes the resulting footage worthless.

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