DESICCATION Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

desiccate

verb

ˈde-si-ˌkāt

as in to undermine

to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality that historian's dryasdust prose desiccates what is actually an exciting period in European history

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as in to dry

to make dry add a cup of desiccated coconut to the mix

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Recent Examples of desiccate Dried or desiccated coconut flakes can be replaced with fresh coconut meat, or omit. —

The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026 Try to get a look below the surface—if anything is broken, damaged, rotten, or desiccated, a simple trim could help. —

Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 11 Feb. 2026 Sereno proposes that the creatures’ carcasses were first desiccated in a drought before suddenly being engulfed by sediment—likely brought on by a flood. —

Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025 The authors argue that those features, the intact, hyper-flexed skeletons and the absence of the disarticulation expected after ordinary decay, indicate bodies had been desiccated before burial rather than interred as fresh cadavers. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for desiccate

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Court records show Sorsby wagered at least $90,000, including bets on Indiana football, as the NCAA warns the ruling could destabilize college sports and undermine competitive integrity.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
But that kind of moderation bottleneck undermined the Polymath vision.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 8 June 2026