Read the dictionary definition of desiccate. All definitions for this word.
1. lose water or moisture
1. In the desert, you get dehydrated very quickly
2. remove water from
1. All this exercise and sweating has dehydrated me
3. preserve by removing all water and liquids from
1. carry dehydrated food on your camping trip
4. lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless
1. a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata
2. a desiccate romance
3. a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery