Both Uses
desiccate
in
The Mark of Athena
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- Scattered around her were old pieces of lumber—some cracked and desiccated, others broken into kindling.†
p. 421.5 *desiccated = dried out
- But if she'd realized that nine desiccated zombie nymphs would be waiting for her, she never would've come down here.†
p. 486.6
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.