decrepitate (English, verb)
expansion: decrepitate (third-person singular simple present decrepitates, present participle decrepitating, simple past and past participle decrepitated)
Senses:
glosses: To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire.
tags: transitive
glosses: Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: decrepitates
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: decrepitating
tags: participle
present
form: decrepitated
tags: participle
past
form: decrepitated
tags: past