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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