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desiccated

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verb

past tense of desiccate
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of desiccated
Adjective
In many cases, property owners and government authorities failed to keep up with the desiccated brush that was an accident waiting to happen. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025 Advertisement Unusually wet winters in 2023 and 2024 nourished the growth of brush and grass on hillsides across the region, and then came the extremely warm and rainless weather since spring that has left desiccated vegetation throughout the Los Angeles area. Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 With vegetation desiccated, any spark—from power lines, machinery, or natural causes like lightning—can ignite a fire. Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025 This left the lake so dry it was considered a total loss, known only for the dust pollution generated off its desiccated shores. Daniel Rothberg, Vox, 1 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for desiccated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desiccated
Verb
  • For far too long, age discrimination has quietly undermined the security of older workers.
    Gary A. Officer, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • He is also set on handing his successor a strong economy -- a feat that could be undermined by a sudden energy shock reprising the price spikes earlier in his administration.
    Jeff Stein and Ellen Nakashima The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Fourteen years of war have left the country desolate, and its people exhausted; millions have been displaced or were forced to become refugees.
    Raghed Waked & Justin Salhani, The Dial, 25 Mar. 2025
  • He was hurt, he was exhausted and knew very well the odds of his Pittsburgh Penguins qualifying for the postseason were minimal at best.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Those at high-risk for listeria infection are newborns, those who are pregnant, have weakened immune systems, and those aged 65 or older.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • But the militants, while greatly weakened, have repeatedly regrouped, often after Israeli forces withdraw from areas.
    Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • According to the New Jersey Forest Fire Service, the fire is expected to grow as dry conditions, winds and low humidity aid its activity.
    Jon Haworth, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Rain could aid firefighting efforts and saturate dry fuels, reducing their risk of igniting in the future.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Playwright-screenwriter Alice Birch has composed a superheated adaptation that’s anything but sere.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Seidensticker pointed out Kawabata’s ties to Japanese poetry: This was prose of a sere, haiku-like delicacy and suggestiveness, with much implied and little specified.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023

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“Desiccated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desiccated. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.

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