desertic

adjective

Definition of deserticnext
as in desert

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Recent Examples of desertic What its desertic countries don’t have is water. — Javier Blas, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026 Roughly six million years ago, shifting tectonic plates closed the Strait of Gibraltar — a narrow body of water connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Atlantic Ocean — turning the area into a desertic wasteland. — Big Think, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desertic
  1. desert
  2. desertlike
Adjective
  • Scott and Stauring founded the humanitarian group iACT largely to respond to the crisis in Darfur, a semi-desert plateau in western Sudan that has known nothing but war this century.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The damage was clearest in wealthier, non-desert regions due to rapid land conversion.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of desert
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  • As the planet warms, more of the world—perhaps as much as 25 percent of Earth by 2050—will experience droughts and desertlike conditions.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Some islands are lush and volcanic, with rainforests spilling into the sea; others are dry and desertlike, dotted with cactus and wind-bent divi-divi trees.
    — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 23 Mar. 2026
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