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Definitions for Dilapidate
[1] to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
[2] Archaic . to squander; waste.
[3] to fall into ruin or decay.
[4] to fall or cause to fall into ruin or decay
Words related to Dilapidate
mar, impoverish, wreck, overwhelm, injure, shatter, exhaust, demolish, crush, decimate, wrack, deplete, spoil, raze, bankrupt, impair, ravage, cripple, trash, sabotage
Words nearby Dilapidate
dil, dil., dilacerate, dilaceration, dilantin, dilapidate, dilapidated, dilapidation, dilatancy, dilatant, dilatate
Origin of Dilapidate
1560–70; < Medieval Latin dīlapidātus, past participle of dīlapidāre to squander (compare dīlapidātiō disrepair), Latin: to pelt with stones; see di-2, lapidate
Other words from Dilapidate
di·lap·i·da·tion , noun
di·lap·i·da·tor , noun
Word origin for Dilapidate
C16: from Latin dīlapidāre to scatter, waste, from dis- apart + lapidāre to stone, throw stones, from lapis stone
Synonyms for Dilapidate
bane, bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bust, crush, defeat, defile, destroyer, destruction, downfall, drain, exhaust, fleece, mangle, mar, overthrow, overturn, pillage, rape, sack, smash, spoil, total, undoing, wrack, wreck, wrecker, bring down, bring to ruin, clean out, decimate, deface, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, disfigure, do in, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mutilate, overwhelm, pauperize, ravish, raze, reduce, shatter, spoliate, use up, wipe out, wreak havoc on