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desiccated

[ des-i-key-tid ]

adjective

  1. dehydrated or powdered:

    desiccated coconut.



desiccated

/ ˈ»åÉ›²õɪˌ°ì±ðɪ³Ùɪ»å /

adjective

  1. dehydrated and powdered

    desiccated coconut

  2. lacking in spirit or animation
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  • ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð²õi³¦Â·³¦²¹³Ùe»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of desiccated1

First recorded in 1670–80; desiccate + -ed 2
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Extreme heat in the summer and fall desiccated shrubs and grasses on hillsides, they said, enabling those fuels to burn more intensely once ignited.

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For others, they’ll begin the expensive and isolating work of reestablishing in a desiccated community.

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Severe fire weather is being fed in part by desiccated vegetation.

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Many of the lemon trees remain, as if untouched; others were wiped out completely, the hills where they stood blackened and desiccated.

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Remnants of desiccated hay crunched underfoot, and the sun-baked soil was fragmented with deep cracks.

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