decrepitate
/dɪˈkrɛpɪteɪt/
verb
- To make a crackling sound when heated, or to cause something to crackle by heating it.
- The salt began to decrepitate as it was thrown onto the hot stove.
- The old piece of wood decrepitated loudly in the campfire.
- In the lab, they heated the mineral to decrepitate it and study its composition.