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The slow-motion robbery of every last molecule of water.
means The process of drying something out completely, removing all the moisture until it's bone-dry.
from From Latin desiccare, to dry up, built from siccus, dry — the same root that left siccus behind in Italian secco wine and sec champagne.
Mummy methodEgyptians desiccated bodies with natron salt for millennia.
Lab guardianDesiccators use silica gel to keep samples bone-dry.
Survival trickTardigrades desiccate themselves and revive decades later.