Deliquesce

But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago.

The buildings were Victorian ruins; there were never any razor blades; cheap socks deliquesced beneath your feet.

When he tried to extract the liver, which should have been firm and meaty, it deliquesced into a bloody sludge, sliding goopily through his fingers.

When mystery deliquesced into renewed bitching over the cramped ride, Alfred issued a second moan-bark: longer, louder, and impossible to ignore.

Some salts will deliquesce when left exposed.