decrepitate

/diˌkrʌpəˈteɪt/
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Other forms: decrepitates; decrepitating

Definitions of decrepitate
  1. verb
    to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
    “decrepitate salts”
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    type of:
    alter, change, modify
    cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
  2. verb
    undergo decrepitation and crackle
    “The salt decrepitated”
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    type of:
    change
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
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