macerate

Verb

• cause to grow thin or weak
  • The treatment emaciated him
    

• soften, usually by steeping in liquid, and cause to disintegrate as a result
  • macerate peaches
    
  • the gizzards macerates the food in the digestive system
    

• become soft or separate and disintegrate as a result of excessive soaking
  • the tissue macerated in the water
    

• separate into constituents by soaking

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  waste , emaciate