Dried out
Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
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- Picric acid becomes a highly shock-sensitive explosive similar to nitroglycerin when dried out, and thus old jars of the stuff, occasionally seen in back rooms of school chem labs, must be handled and disposed of by the bomb squad.
Source: Hair-Trigger Explosive -
By the time Gavril gets her physical body to Malusha to bring her back to the living, Kiukiu has aged into an old woman - her face wrinkled, her hair dried out and completely gray.
Source: Literature / Artamon's Tears - His ship literally flies because it's so old it's completely dried out.
Source: Flying Dutchman
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