DEWATER Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

dewater

verb

Definition of dewater

as in to evaporate

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Recent Examples of dewater The Emory oaks that had been drying out as Resolution dewaters the underground shafts were reviving, their leaves fleshing out and appearing healthier as water seeped into the ground. — The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024 The Pensées, however, was submerged near the harbor despite attempts to dewater it with pumps. — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 5 July 2022 The additional power requirements to dewater that water and cool the tunnels, which at 180 degrees are too hot for human survival, would require about 24 megawatts. — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2020 Meanwhile the city drained and dewatered itself to build bigger. — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 12 July 2019

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The Huskies’ 3-point shooting woes also evaporated in the comfortable confines of Gampel.

— Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026
Thursday’s losses were broad after gains for the majority of stocks on Wall Street during the morning quickly evaporated.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of evaporate

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In the Rocky Mountains, years of extreme heat and drought have baked the landscape, drying up streams that feed the Colorado River and desiccating pastures where cattle graze.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Strewn around the edges of the room are ceramic casts of the pocked fruit, brown and desiccated like a pile of skulls.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

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