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DILAPIDATE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does dilapidate mean?

• DILAPIDATE (verb)
The verb DILAPIDATE has 1 sense:

1. bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

Familiarity information: DILAPIDATE used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DILAPIDATE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "dilapidate" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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