Usually means: Remove moisture to dry completely.
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▸ verb:  Misspelling of desiccate. [(transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.]

Similar:
dehydrate, desicate, dry up, desiccate, exsiccate, exiccate, kipper, dry out, siccate, deteriate, more...

Opposite:
hydrate, moisten, wet

Types:
dehydrate, desiccate, more...

Colors:
    beige,     sand,     khaki,     tan,     taupe, more...

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Similar:
dehydrate, desicate, dry up, desiccate, exsiccate, exiccate, kipper, dry out, siccate, deteriate, more...

Opposite:
hydrate, moisten, wet

Types:
dehydrate, desiccate, more...

Colors:
    beige,     sand,     khaki,     tan,     taupe, more...



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