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crepitate

verb intransitive

[L., to crackle, to crack, to burst with a sharp sound.]

To crackle; to snap; to burst with a small sharp abrupt sound, rapidly repeated; as salt in fire, or during calcination. It differs from detonate, which signifies, to burst with a single loud report.