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desiccation

noun as in drought

noun as in dryness

noun as in evaporation

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Example Sentences

Always, then, when we succeed in preserving from putrefaction this animal part, the other parts will be disposed to desiccation.

These are natural mummies, or the result of simple desiccation, the skin resembling leather.

The desiccation of Central Asia is still going on, as is also probably the upheaval of a great part of the continent.

We must not omit that union of the parts of bodies which is the principal cause of induration and desiccation.

This is the "grama" or "buffalo-grass," and, despite its look of utter desiccation, is highly nutritious.

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

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