The Clue
Dry out (9 letter answer)
The Answer
DESICCATE
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Notes
The answer DESICCATE is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
DESICCATE as a verb:
1. (dehydrate, desiccate) = preserve by removing all water and liquids from; "carry dehydrated food on your camping trip"
2. (dehydrate, desiccate) = remove water from; "All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me"
3. (exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccate) = lose water or moisture; "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"
DESICCATE as an adjective:
1. (arid, desiccate, desiccated) = lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; "a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata"; "a desiccate romance"; "a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery"-C.J.Rolo