dilapidate
[dih-lap-i-deyt]
/ dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt /
NOUN
ruination
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VERB
deface
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VERB
demolish
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VERB
die
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VERB
disintegrate
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STRONGEST
break down
break up
come apart
crumble
decay
decompose
degenerate
descend
disband
dismantle
rot
sever
shatter
sink
splinter
wash out
wither
STRONG
atomize
decline
deliquesce
detach
disconnect
disorganize
disperse
disunite
divide
molder
pulverize
putrefy
separate
spoil
taint
turn
worsen
WEAK
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VERB
dissolve
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VERB
do in
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VERB
gut
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VERB
harm
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STRONGEST
abuse
damage
hurt
impair
inconvenience
maim
mar
outrage
prejudice
ruin
sabotage
sap
shatter
shock
tarnish
trample
traumatize
undermine
wreck
STRONG
blemish
bruise
crush
discommode
get
ill-treat
incommode
maltreat
mangle
misuse
molest
mutilate
nick
scathe
spoil
stab
total
tweak
vandalize
vitiate
wing
wound
wrench
wrong
zing
WEAK
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VERB
pauperize
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STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
VERB
ruin
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bankrupt
crush
decimate
demolish
deplete
exhaust
impoverish
injure
mar
overwhelm
raze
shatter
spoil
wipe out
wrack
wreck
STRONG
beggar
botch
break
bust
deface
defeat
defile
deplore
desecrate
despoil
devour
disfigure
drain
fleece
maim
mangle
mutilate
overthrow
overturn
pauperize
pillage
rape
ravish
reduce
sack
smash
total
WEAK
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VERB
tear down
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VERB
wreck
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Dilapidate, di-lap′i-dāt, v.t. to pull stone from stone: to lay waste: to suffer to go to ruin.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various