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Exsiccate

To exhaust or evaporate moisture from; to dry up.

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Broader term 1

Dry 76% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Dehydration 74% connected

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dehydration 74% connected

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Dehydrate 92% connected

To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Desiccate 92% connected

To dry up; to deprive or exhaust of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Hydrate 94% connected

A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hydrate 94% connected

A compound formed by the union of water with some other substance, generally forming a neutral body, as certain crystallized salts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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