No I meant precisely wither...it's a word that you may not have run across before in your acts of boosting text from others.

School time:  wither is a word and was used precisely as I intended.

with·er

verb
1.
become dry and shriveled.
"the grass had withered to an unappealing brown"
synonyms:	shrivel (up), dry up; More
2.
cause harm or damage to.
"a business that can wither the hardiest ego"