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)
desiccant can be used 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")
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Dosing it with Edwards' desiccated soup. - from Ulysses by James Joyce