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as in undermining
to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
years of being trapped in a loveless marriage had dehydrated his spirit
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as in drying
to make dry
bought a dehumidifier in order to dehydrate the damp basement
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Recent Examples of dehydrating
Removing the sprouts, which draw away moisture, helps to prevent the potatoes from quickly dehydrating.
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Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Around his first birthday — when kids are most vulnerable — my son suffered the severe, dehydrating diarrhea that rotavirus causes.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
Caffeine is dehydrating and could make body aches worse.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Smart brands like Amazi have revolutionized the fruit snack space—dehydrating everything from pineapple to jackfruit and plantains.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Jan. 2026
This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The formula is peptide-rich and will rejuvenate dry lips after a long, dehydrating flight.
—Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
Plastination offers a fundamentally different approach, first dehydrating the wood using acetone and then infusing it with a compatible polymer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Aly Walansky, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
Around his first birthday — when kids are most vulnerable — my son suffered the severe, dehydrating diarrhea that rotavirus causes.
—Ben Lopman, STAT, 17 Jan. 2026
Caffeine is dehydrating and could make body aches worse.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 12 Jan. 2026
Smart brands like Amazi have revolutionized the fruit snack space—dehydrating everything from pineapple to jackfruit and plantains.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Jan. 2026
This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
The formula is peptide-rich and will rejuvenate dry lips after a long, dehydrating flight.
—Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2025
Plastination offers a fundamentally different approach, first dehydrating the wood using acetone and then infusing it with a compatible polymer.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Alcohol Alcohol is drying and has dehydrating effects.
—Lauren O'Connor, Health, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dehydrating
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Broad political characterizations oversimplify complex legal processes and risk undermining confidence in an independent judiciary.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Feb. 2026
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Adding Medicaid work-reporting requirements to this already fragile balancing act risks undermining the system that makes aging in the community possible.—
Emily D. Tisdale,
STAT,
12 Feb. 2026
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This quick-drying pick is offered in three colors and is a great place to store wet sponges and scrubbers, as well as soap dispensers.—
Jamie Weissman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 Feb. 2026
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Keep separate towels for drying hands and wiping down the counter.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
10 Feb. 2026
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Still, investors in tech giants are growing nervous because these firms are essentially exhausting their available capital to fund the infrastructure buildout, according to Luria.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Feb. 2026
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But some districts are hitting their ninth snow day of the year, exhausting the stockpile.—
Brooke Muckerman,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
4 Feb. 2026
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But the storks suffered when developers and agriculture operations began the ditching and draining that eventually compromised some 35% of South Florida's wetlands, where the majority of the birds nested.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Use a rich, well-draining, loamy soil mix rich in organic matter.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
9 Feb. 2026
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But the big problem is why the dollar is weakening.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Feb. 2026
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Nevertheless, proponents of the theory have suggested without evidence that the substation’s electromagnetic fields could be damaging players’ soft tissues and weakening their tendons.—
Aria Bendix,
NBC news,
5 Feb. 2026
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The results are often enervating though sometimes clumsy.—
Eli Enis,
Pitchfork,
3 Feb. 2026
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This may reframe his friend’s enervating habit.—
Hope Hunt,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Jan. 2026
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Moments later, Carthen struts into the frame wearing a Patriot's jersey corset, an enormous fur stole, and knee-high Timberland stilettos.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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For part of his sentence, he was allowed out to work with the Norwegian Football Federation coaching young players, while wearing an ankle tag.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Dehydrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehydrating. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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