Found 2 items, similar to decrepitating.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: decrepitate
decrepitate
v 1: undergo decrepitation and crackle; 
“The salt decrepitated”
2: to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until
crackling stops; 
“decrepitate salts”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Decrepitating
Decrepitate 
\De*crep"i*tate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. 
Decrepitating.] [Cf. F.
d['e]cr['e]piter.]
To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to
decrepitate salt.
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