desiccate
[verb]
Synonyms: dry, dehydrate, exsiccate, parch, sear, devitalize, dry up

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Contrasted words: brighten, enliven
Related Words: deplete, drain, exhaust, divest, decay, fade, shrivel, wither, wizen

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

des·ic·cate (děsĭ-kāt)
v. des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates
v. tr.
► To dry out thoroughly.
► To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.
► To make dry, dull, or lifeless.
v. intr.
To become dry; dry out.
adj. (also -kĭt)
Lacking spirit or animation; arid: “There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind” (J.R. Salamanca).

[TahlilGaran] American Dictionary ▲

desiccate
[Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt-  : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

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desiccate
desic·cation n.
desic·cative adj.
desic·cator n.

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