desiccate
verb[TorI]
uk/ˈdes.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˈdes.ɪ.keɪt/desiccateverb[T or I](DRY)
toremovethemoisturefrom something so itbecomescompletelydry; toloseallmoistureandbecomecompletelydry:
（使）变干燥，（使）脱水Intensivefarminghasdesiccatedtheland.
Someplantswitherquicklyandlosetheirpowerofrecoveryifallowedto desiccate.有些植物如果任其缺水变干，很快就会枯萎并失去恢复能力。
- Seeds were thendesiccatedbymeansoffastdrying.
- Thecultureswereallowedto desiccate for 2weeks.
- Maintaininglowhumidityin therefrigeratedspacetendsto desiccate anddiscolourmeat.
Dry weather, arid conditions & dryness
- aridity
- bone
- bone dryidiom
- desertification
- dried
- drought
- dry(something)out
- drysomethingup
- dryness
- dust devil
- frazzled
- hyper-arid
- overdry
- parch
- parched
- sandstorm
- scorched
- subarid
- sun-baked
- ultra-dry
desiccateverb[T or I](DAMAGE)
tobecomedamagedordestroyedbylosinganimportantquality; todamageordestroysomething in this way:
（使）变枯竭Theglobaleconomyis desiccating by theday.全球经济日益枯竭。
He waspoliticallyandemotionallydesiccatedby thescandal.他在政治上和情感上都被这件丑闻弄得一筹莫展。
- You must not desiccate to thepointwherelifeitselflosesitsflavour.
- Themusicisdesiccatedby the refinements ofprofessionalism.
- Theorchestrapitdesiccates thesoundof thefinemusicianswhoplayfor theopera.
Destroying and demolishing
- annihilate
- annihilation
- apocalypse
- bash
- bash through (something)
- be sacrificed on the altar ofsomethingidiom
- in piecesidiom
- indestructibility
- killsomethingoff
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggidiom
- knock
- sacrifice
- self-devouring
- shred
- sink
- smash
- stave
- stavesomethingin
- takesomethingout
- tear