desiccate
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He dedicated scarce water to building up agriculture, helping to desiccate the ancient Persian system of underground aqueduct-like canals known as qanats.
From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023
As Western drought and aridification desiccate soils, shrink mountain snowpack runoff and reduce river flows, irrigating alfalfa for dairy production will become more and more problematic.
From Salon • Oct. 29, 2022
There's "a critical point", though, when the tree can't replenish the water lost through pores in the leaves and will "literally desiccate" or dry up.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2022
It is a combination of two things: a lack of rain and those thirsty atmospheric conditions that desiccate the landscape.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2021
Now she seemed to desiccate by the moment.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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