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firehosing

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