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as in undermining
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
years of being trapped in a loveless marriage had dehydrated his spirit
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as in drying
to make dry
bought a dehumidifier in order to dehydrate the damp basement
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Recent Examples of dehydrating
Removing the sprouts, which draw away moisture, helps to prevent the potatoes from quickly dehydrating.
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Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Around his first birthday — when kids are most vulnerable — my son suffered the severe, dehydrating diarrhea that rotavirus causes.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
Caffeine is dehydrating and could make body aches worse.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Smart brands like Amazi have revolutionized the fruit snack space—dehydrating everything from pineapple to jackfruit and plantains.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Jan. 2026
This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The formula is peptide-rich and will rejuvenate dry lips after a long, dehydrating flight.
—Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
Plastination offers a fundamentally different approach, first dehydrating the wood using acetone and then infusing it with a compatible polymer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Around his first birthday — when kids are most vulnerable — my son suffered the severe, dehydrating diarrhea that rotavirus causes.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
Caffeine is dehydrating and could make body aches worse.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Smart brands like Amazi have revolutionized the fruit snack space—dehydrating everything from pineapple to jackfruit and plantains.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Jan. 2026
This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The formula is peptide-rich and will rejuvenate dry lips after a long, dehydrating flight.
—Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
Plastination offers a fundamentally different approach, first dehydrating the wood using acetone and then infusing it with a compatible polymer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehydrating
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Even the scenes in the endlessly maligned New York City (played at least partially by Fort Worth, Texas) look beautiful, undermining the nightmarish declarations of Sheridan’s scripts.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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More like completely disrupting and undermining public education, using students as pawns to make a political statement.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Mar. 2026
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Simplify your cooking time with milk frother wands, miniature bag sealers, vegetable choppers, collapsible drying racks, and more.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2026
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The brand has even included a convenient hanging hook to expedite the already quick-drying properties of this base layer in the event things get a little too wet and wild.—
Harry Spampinato,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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Groups usually switch out the lead skier often to avoid exhausting one person.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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As these components segregate over generations, the gene drive becomes less functional, strategy that has been described as a means of developing self-exhausting gene drives that limit geographic distribution.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Feb. 2026
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This boost in oil revenue would likely hand Putin new revenue for his war effort in Ukraine, an enormous expenditure that has been draining Russia’s economy, according to James Henderson at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
10 Mar. 2026
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Find a sunny spot in your garden with well-draining soil.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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If the goal instead is regime weakening—enfeebling the Islamic Republic so the Iranian public could overwhelm it—there are two ways forward.—
Dennis Ross,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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Weak onshore flows will then return Saturday, which combined with a weakening high pressure system are expected to bring five to 10 degrees of cooling to the coasts and valleys but little change across interior sections, according to the weather service.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2026
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Jenny deflected me with enervating ease.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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The results are often enervating though sometimes clumsy.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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There were plenty of fans wearing Frost and Sirens jerseys, but some of the other six teams in the league as well.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2026
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When officers arrived, two men approached them wearing masks and gloves, carrying at least one gun.—
Kristi Miller,
Twin Cities,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Dehydrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehydrating. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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