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crepitate

verb as in crackle

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This was followed by a crepitating volley; a buzz of lead passed overhead.

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A dully grinding, crepitating sound came up to the lofty heights of Eagle Crown.

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Arrowroot is distinguished by the granules agglomerating into small balls, by slightly crepitating when rubbed between the fingers, and by yielding with boiling water a fine, transparent, inodorous and pleasant-tasting jelly.

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From farther off, heard at Equator Town for instance, the measures rose and fell and crepitated like the barking of hounds in a distant kennel.

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The years were full, the house was fated, The rotten structure crepitated!

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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