desiccate

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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

But the winds also desiccate vegetation and create dangerous wildfire conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2021

They desiccate when temperatures plummet, sidestepping the potential hazard of ice forming in their tissues.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2019

Now she seemed to desiccate by the moment.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill