Synonyms for dry up
dry up

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1. exsiccate, dehydrate, dry up, desiccateverb

   lose water or moisture

   "In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly"

   Synonyms:
   mummify, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate

2. mummify, dry upverb

   dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture

   "a mummified body was found"

   Synonyms:
   mummify, desiccate, dehydrate, exsiccate

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1. • Dry
   • Shrivel

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1. James Clapper:

   Obviously, the downsides to doing stuff like this is,' Is whatever source United States got that from going to dry up on United States ?' that's always the risk-gain assessment that you have to do.

2. Harold Wanger:

   These turbines are better than an oil well, an oil well will pump dry up on ya. And these turbines will keep runnin'.

3. Sheikh Sabah:

   You have foiled the desperate attempt and satanic attitudes of the plotters and perpetrators of this condemned crime to inflame divisions and stir sectarian tensions and divide the unity of the Kuwaiti society, the international community should exert all their effort to avert and take legal action to dry up [ terrorism ] from its waters so countries and nations live in peace and security.

4. Ron Bonjean:

   For those that are left off the stage, this can force the campaigns to come to an end because the fundraising and grassroots support dry up. The bottom line is if you are n’t part of the debate, then you are n’t playing on the field.

5. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov:

   Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, and the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.