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. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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'.

4. Brad Udall:

   Without this river, American cities in the Southwest would dry up and blow away.

5. Charles Iceland:

   Both declining rainfall and increasing demand in these countries are causing many rivers, lakes, and wetlands to dry up.