DESICCATE in a Sentence

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A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.

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 Meanings and Examples of DESICCATE
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desiccate
 v.  dry up thoroughly; make dry, dull, or lifeless; preserve foods by removing the moisture
Classic Sentence:
1  Sugar is the most desiccating of all salts; it sucks the liquids of the blood through the veins; hence the coagulation, and then the solidification of the blood; hence tubercles in the lungs, hence death.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VII—THE WISDOM OF THOLOMYES
Example Sentence:
1  A tour of this smokehouse will give you an idea of how the pioneers used to desiccate food in order to preserve it.