decrepitate (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *decrepitate*:
VERB	change	decrepitate	undergo decrepitation and crackle
VERB	change	decrepitate	to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops

English > *decrepitate*: 2 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	Undergo decrepitation and crackle.
Pattern	Something ----s
Example	"The salt decrepitated"
Broader	change	Undergo a change
Similar to	decrepitate	To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
Catalan	decrepitar
Nouns	decrepitation	the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated

English > *decrepitate*: 2 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	To roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"decrepitate salts"
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Similar to	decrepitate	Undergo decrepitation and crackle
Catalan	decrepitar
Nouns	decrepitation	the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated

HyperDic: decrepitate