Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb decrepitate

2 senses of decrepitate

Sense 1
decrepitate -- (undergo decrepitation and crackle; "The salt decrepitated")
       => change -- (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night")

Sense 2
decrepitate -- (to roast or calcine so as to cause to crackle or until crackling stops; "decrepitate salts")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")