Meanings of desiccate in English

The effect of that would be to desiccate the human species in human conceit.

These winds are hot and dry, and desiccate the vegetation, making ignition all but certain.

One operates as for sensitizing, taking care to desiccate the paper, as it has been directed.

To you, who have the blessing of profound religious emotion, this statement may seem too desiccate.

Plants desiccate soil to the ultimate depth and lateral extent of their rooting ability, and then some.

To desiccate him in my laboratory with the quasi certainty of resuscitating him after the restoration of peace.

From the thought that he must meet his father soon, the interior of his heart began to desiccate.

Nothing could desiccate nor wither her.

Be sure to replace boulders carefully, as you found them, so as not to desiccate or crush the inhabitants.

The most important thing when taking summer cuttings is to keep them stable and for their leaves not to desiccate.

All these factors conspire to desiccate vegetation, and on top of that, the winds provide a turbo boost to drive fires with incredible speed.

Though desiccated and discolored with age, each seemed in pretty good shape.

Perhaps they knew themselves it was a task beyond their desiccated souls.

This legal contemplation is not as desiccated as outsiders tend to imagine.

The dry, harsh noise testified to how desiccated the outside air was.

There was a mushroom cellar and a bin of desiccated fish fragments.