desiccate
verb (used with object)
to dry thoroughly; dry up.
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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“But these ones that are uplifted, the barnacles will desiccate and turn white — it’s almost like painting a line on the shoreline.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2014