You are right Lingopro 21:05 Jul 24, 2009
Sometimes synonyms won't work in certain contexts, so it's good to pick the best one if you can. From my years of living on a kibbutz and hearing people talk about the soil for the crops, and from the small sample we have here of the context, my sense is that either drying out or dehydration would work and that desiccation might be overkill. But we have no idea of the intended audience. The idea here seems simple to me, the drying out or dehydration of the agricultural crop damages the harvest. I think I'll submit this as an answer. |