dilapidate
Example Sentences
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The Victorian houses that line the avenues have been allowed to dilapidate.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2015
They were too prone to dilapidate and destroy their dwellings; they were therefore required to pay for the locks, cupboards, and doors.
From The History of Tasmania , Volume II by West, John
They were not such as I could combat; and I am driven to dilapidate the funds of my own country by a theft.
From Prince Otto, a Romance by Stevenson, Robert Louis
Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.
From An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, Bernard
Near this abode, but just beyond the gate, A simple cottage stood, old and dilapidate, The home of a poor weaver.
From Laura Secord, the heroine of 1812. A Drama. and Other Poems. by Curzon, Sarah Anne
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
