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as in to undermine
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history
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as in to dry
to make dry
add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix
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Recent Examples of desiccate
The boisterous selection process virtually desiccated the Chicago Stadium.
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Experts have been predicting an active second half of the year in the late summer and early fall, when plants that were once green and healthy will brown and desiccate in the longer, hotter days of summer.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The preceding year, a wet winter led to an ample early-season bloom of vegetation that soon desiccated in the hot, dry spring and summer months that followed.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
But before that, higher temperatures desiccate the grapes, concentrating the sugars.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2024
Experts have been predicting an active second half of the year in the late summer and early fall, when plants that were once green and healthy will brown and desiccate in the longer, hotter days of summer.
—Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
The preceding year, a wet winter led to an ample early-season bloom of vegetation that soon desiccated in the hot, dry spring and summer months that followed.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 29 May 2024
But before that, higher temperatures desiccate the grapes, concentrating the sugars.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desiccate
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The great irony of Carter as a cautionary tale is that the thing that probably weakened his presidency the most — being an outsider who was often undermined by his own party — was the thing that stuck.Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2024
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Yet her investment is undermined by how ambiguously and hurriedly it’s disclosed.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
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Oh, and make sure to follow up with a moisturizer of your choice—these yeast-fighting shampoos are potent, but also a bit drying.Jenna Ryu, SELF, 20 Dec. 2024
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A lot of anti-aging skincare contains ingredients like retinol that can be drying and irritating, but Cetaphil has a possible solution.Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
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An easy monetary policy typically weakens a country’s currency, making exports cheaper and potentially supports growth in the face of tariffs.Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 23 Dec. 2024
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This rare condition occurs when the ligaments holding the lower ribs in place weaken, allowing the ribs to move out of position and causing pain.Lindsay Curtis, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
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Introverts often expend extra energy to engage in social interactions, which can be draining.Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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What follows is one of the most tonally bizarre and genuinely fun movies-about-movies ever made, touching on themes about the monstrosity of artistic genius while also letting Dafoe’s vampire be a diva who snatches a bat out of the air and drains it like a Capri Sun in front of the producers.Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
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Alcohol is also dehydrating and removes fluid from the body.Emily Dashiell, Verywell Health, 12 Dec. 2024
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Don't wait until you are dehydrated to drink fluids.Sherri Gordon, Health, 2 Dec. 2024
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Medusa was known in ancient Greece for petrifying anyone who dared to look her in the eye, and has been seen as a personification of madness.Sarah Belmont, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Numb to controversy: After constant scandals, Trump is desensitized to infernos that would petrify anyone else in business or politics.Axios, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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But the chatter grew louder when FEMA exhausted its funds during Helene — which spurred a cash infusion from Congress after Milton struck — and it was discovered that one Florida staffer directed workers to skip homes with Trump signs.Lawrence Mower, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
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Some of those who have been at the center of such debates seem visibly exhausted by the subject of female electability.Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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For this test, women’s long-sleeved running shirts were worn in a range of winter conditions, from cold, dry, sometimes snowy Colorado Front Range and high country, to cold, damp Virginia and cool, rainy, mild Northern California.Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 14 Dec. 2024
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The clean-tech momentum that had begun to build in the U.S. as President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act went into effect will certainly be damped, though blue states from Washington to Massachusetts have announced big new initiatives in the days since the November vote.Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Desiccate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desiccate. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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