Synonyms for dried-up
dried-up

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1. dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, witheredadjective

   (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture

   "dried-up grass"; "the desert was edged with sere vegetation"; "shriveled leaves on the unwatered seedlings"; "withered vines"

   Synonyms:
   wizen, shrunken, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, wizened, withered

   Antonyms:
   wet

2. dried-upadjective

   depleted of water

   "a dried-up water hole"

   Synonyms:
   withered, shriveled, sear, sere, shrivelled

   Antonyms:
   wet

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1. Brothers Karamazov, Pt 1, Bk i, Ch 6:

   If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up. Moreover, nothing then would be immoral, everything would be permissible, even cannibalism.

2. John Wayne:

   From "The Undefeated". When facing down a group of bandito's, Wayne, the ex Union Colonel, opens fire and kills the leader. After retreating to the circled wagons, one of the women says "why did you have to kill the man?" Wayne responds "Well, the conversation just kinda dried up ma'am.

3. Munji Malambo:

   Before this (borehole) we used to walk long distances every morning to get water before coming back to go to school, most of the shallow wells in the area had dried up and the closest one was two kilometers away. Sometimes the water would get very dirty and not safe to drink.

4. Andrew Russell:

   Over a period of about 10 days or a week, the Skeiðará river essentially dried up.

5. Fire Marshal Doug Wilhelm:

   The area of origin was a Christmas tree, so we're not sure if it's because of electric or a dried up old Christmas Day tree, it is with unbearable sorrow that we share with you this Christmas morning the tragic news that the King family, in a house fire early today, lost their father [ Eric ] and two Richland Elementary School students.