desiccate

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  1. transitive verb To dry out thoroughly.
  2. transitive verb To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.
  3. transitive verb To make dry, dull, or lifeless.
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  • The continued unsettled weather has limited opportunities to desiccate oilseed rape with some fields now having to be left to ripen naturally. —  FWi - All News
  • Given the wide range of oilseed rape growth stages within fields this season growers planning to desiccate should consider treating patches of different maturity separately, suggested —  FWi - All News
  • And if you don't bring it, know that you're not going to desiccate on the spot. —  The Nation: Top Stories
  • The 2 work slightly differently, so you need to "choose wisely" (pick the humble looking cup or you will desiccate and crumble to dust). —  Discussions: Message List - root
  • The sun is slowly expanding and brightening, and over the next few billion years it will eventually desiccate Earth, leaving it hot, brown and uninhabitable. —  Unexplained Mysteries
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  1. Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt- : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).

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  1. from Latin desiccatus, past participle of desiccare (from Italian deseccare, diseccare, disseccare = Spanish desecar = Portuguese deseccar, dessecar = French dessécher), dry up, from de- intensive + siccare, dry, from siccus, dry: see siccous.
  2. from Middle English desiccate, from Latin desiccatus, past participle: see the verb.
 

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/ˈdɛsɪkeɪt/
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