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withered

adjective as in shriveled

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The exhibition includes a blackened, withered lemon, 110 years old, which formed part of the evidence against Kurt Muller, caught spying for Germany in 1915.

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His bandaged legs - one of them splinted - are badly scarred and withered.

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Now, a generation later, the results are in—- shuttered factories, withered towns and cities, and a working-class so steeped in despair that suicide seems preferable to living.

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As a turbulent decade draws to a close, hopes for a freer Hong Kong have withered.

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In recent years these heat waves have killed tens of thousands of people, withered crops and forests, and sparked devastating wildfires.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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