Both Uses
desiccate
in
Into the Wild
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- Away from the lakeshore the land rises gently and then abruptly to form the desiccated, phantasmal badlands of Anza-Borrego.†
p. 49.6 *desiccated = dried out
- The country surrounding Davis Gulch is a desiccated expanse of bald rock and brickred sand.†
p. 88.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(desiccate) to remove moisture from something
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, desiccate can mean to "remove the vitality" from something.