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To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.

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  1. v. t. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.
  2. v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
  3. v. undergo decrepitation and crackle
  4. v. to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops
  5. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt. To crackle, as salt in roasting.
  6. To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, todecrepitate salt.
  7. v. undergo decrepitation and crackle v. to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops