Dictionary Entry
dilapidate
dilapidate is a 10-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.
- 2transitive verb
To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
- 3intransitive verb
To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate.
- 4verb
fall into decay or ruin
"The unoccupied house started to decay"
- 5verb
bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
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