dilapidate
[ dih-lap-i-deyt ]
EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR DILAPIDATE
Everything about the villain stream has a dilapidate, broken-down air: the very mud of the Spider Water is rusty.
Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR DILAPIDATE
- abate
- bate
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disappear
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- halt
- lapse
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sink
- slacken
- stop
- subside
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- abate
- bate
- break down
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- deteriorate
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disappear
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fizzle out
- go bad
- go downhill
- halt
- lapse
- let up
- lose power
- melt away
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- rankle
- recede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sink
- slacken
- stop
- subside
- vanish
- wane
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- atomize
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- come apart
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- descend
- detach
- dilapidate
- disband
- disconnect
- disimprove
- dismantle
- disorganize
- disperse
- disunite
- divide
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- molder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- rot
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- sink
- splinter
- spoil
- taint
- take apart
- turn
- turn to dust
- wash away
- wash out
- wither
- worsen
- atomize
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- come apart
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- descend
- detach
- dilapidate
- disband
- disconnect
- disimprove
- dismantle
- disorganize
- disperse
- disunite
- divide
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- molder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- rot
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- sink
- splinter
- spoil
- taint
- take apart
- turn
- turn to dust
- wash away
- wash out
- wither
- worsen
- atomize
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- come apart
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- decompose
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- descend
- detach
- dilapidate
- disband
- disconnect
- disimprove
- dismantle
- disorganize
- disperse
- disunite
- divide
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- molder
- pulverize
- putrefy
- rot
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- sink
- splinter
- spoil
- taint
- take apart
- turn
- turn to dust
- wash away
- wash out
- wither
- worsen
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