as in to dry
to make dry
the heat has really parched my throat
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Reuse bottles and bags At 7,000 feet above sea level, Park City’s mountain air can quickly leave you parched, so staying hydrated is vital on the trails or the slopes.
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AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
In more rural areas, however, adaptation might require moving outdoor work hours to after sunset, when temperatures drop, or covering irrigation ditches to avoid excess evaporation that could leave crops parched during droughts.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
But leaders say traditional practices mitigated damage Jan. 19, 2025
An extreme lack of rain plays a major role in explaining Southern California’s fire woes, where vegetation is parched and flammable, making brush far more likely to turn into a spot fire should an ember land on it.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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AFAR Media, 19 Dec. 2024
In more rural areas, however, adaptation might require moving outdoor work hours to after sunset, when temperatures drop, or covering irrigation ditches to avoid excess evaporation that could leave crops parched during droughts.
—Alice Hill, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2025
Los Angeles has received essentially no rainfall in over 10 months, with the driest start to a rainy season on record, parching soils and vegetation and setting the stage for extreme winds to intensify and spread the fires.
—Peter H. Gleick, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
But leaders say traditional practices mitigated damage Jan. 19, 2025
An extreme lack of rain plays a major role in explaining Southern California’s fire woes, where vegetation is parched and flammable, making brush far more likely to turn into a spot fire should an ember land on it.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Parch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parch. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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