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as in undermines
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
years of being trapped in a loveless marriage had dehydrated his spirit
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2
as in dries
to make dry
bought a dehumidifier in order to dehydrate the damp basement
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Recent Examples of dehydrates
Mill’s technology dehydrates food scraps overnight, reducing volume by up to 80%.
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Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Forgetting to Stay Hydrated While there's a widespread perception that coffee dehydrates, that's not necessarily true.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Forgetting to Stay Hydrated While there's a widespread perception that coffee dehydrates, that's not necessarily true.
—Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehydrates
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Both liberals and conservatives now reshape government through executive power and Supreme Court rulings instead of formal amendments, which undermines democratic participation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, another kind of natural fatty acid undermines these cells and may diminish the body's ability to stave off tumor growth.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Oct. 2025
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The next stop is the workshop, where Faivre dries the cambium bands for 72 hours.—
Emily Monaco With Kat Craddock,
Saveur,
9 Oct. 2025
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The device's roller mop avoids obstacles with 3D sensors, and the OMNI station even hot-air dries the mops.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
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Blocking them causes disruption to the cells’ energy-generating mitochondria and leads to oxidative stress, which further weakens cancer.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Even as the storm weakens over Baja California, its tropical moisture will continue to drift north, fueling intense downpours and possible flooding across the Southwest.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Instead of gradually boiling into insanity, the film hits fever pitch hallucinations right away and quickly exhausts itself attempting to keep pace.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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Many market observers are urging investors to rebalance their portfolios, while also acknowledging there could be further upside before the AI rally exhausts itself.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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Most indoor plants are watered from the top until the water drains from the pot through the drainage holes.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
9 Oct. 2025
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Watch for when the sun hits different sections of your garden, how water drains after a heavy rain, and what critters (large and small) like to stop by for a visit.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the campaign, the modern Godfather of Autotune wears lab goggles and red & blue layered button-downs under a crisp white scientist coat while holding up the boot.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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This directly helped inspire the flesh masks that Leatherface wears in the Chainsaw films.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Dehydrates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehydrates. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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