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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

Derived forms: dilapidated, dilapidates, dilapidating

Type of: change, destroy, destruct, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]

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