| NOUN | event | decrepitation | the crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated |
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| Meaning | The crackling or breaking up of certain crystals when they are heated. | |
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| Broader | crackle, crackling, crepitation | The sharp sound of snapping noises |
| Verbs | decrepitate | to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops |
| decrepitate | undergo decrepitation and crackle | |
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