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Adjective: dilapidated  di'la-pi`dey-tid
  1. In deplorable condition
    "a street of dilapidated tenements"
    - bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down, derro [Austral, NZ], dero [Austral, NZ]
Verb: dilapidate  di'la-pi`deyt
  1. Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
     
  2. Fall into decay or ruin
    "The unoccupied house started to dilapidate"
    - decay, crumble

See also: damaged, dilapidation

Type of: change, destroy, destruct, spifflicate, spiflicate

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