anhydrate

verb anhydrate

• dehydrate — When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
• deplete — To deplete a stock or amount of something means to reduce it.
• devitalize — to lower or destroy the vitality of; make weak or lifeless
• divest — to strip of clothing, ornament, etc.: The wind divested the trees of their leaves.
• drain — to withdraw or draw off (a liquid) gradually; remove slowly or by degrees, as by filtration: to drain oil from a crankcase.