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Desiccate meaning
To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree. | To preserve by drying. | To become dry; to dry up.
Example sentences (4)
Andrés Bermúdez, President of has explained that the intention is to gradually desiccate the trees so they will die over a short period.
This would cause the victim's body to desiccate due to the evaporation of all the liquid present in their body.
If buried on hot coals or ashes, the heat can kill pathogens, the dry ash can desiccate, and the earth can block oxygen and further contamination.
Some of the opal has high water content and may desiccate and crack when dried.