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1. (v.t.) decrepitate
to roast or calcine (salt, minerals, etc.) so as to cause crackling or until crackling ceases.
Etymology: (1640–50; < NL dēcrepitātus crackled)
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1. (verb) decrepitate
undergo decrepitation and crackle
"The salt decrepitated"
2. (verb) decrepitate
to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
"decrepitate salts"
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1. (verb) Decrepitate
to roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt
2. (verb) Decrepitate
to crackle, as salt in roasting
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