dilapidate

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To squander or waste
To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair

In the last days of autumn he had whitewashed the chalet, painted the doors, windows, and veranda, repaired the roof and interior, and improved the place so much that the landlord had warned him that the rent would be raised at the expiration of his twelvemonth's tenancy, remarking that a tenant could not reasonably expect to have a pretty, rain-tight dwelling-house for the same money as a hardly habitable ruin. Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.

To fall into ruin or disuse
{v} to ruin, to throw or pull down
To impair by waste and abuse; to squander
To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate
bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
{f} bring to a ruinous condition through misuse or neglect, squander; fall into ruin or decay
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
dilapidated
fallen into decay or partial ruin
dilapidation
{n} a destroying of buildings, a decay
dilapidated
{s} ramshackle, ruined, neglected, decaying, run down
dilapidated
past participle of dilapidate
dilapidated
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect
dilapidated
in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"
dilapidated
A building that is dilapidated is old and in a generally bad condition. = run-down. a dilapidated building, vehicle etc is old and in very bad condition derelict (dilapidare , from lapidare )
dilapidated
Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect
dilapidation
Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention
dilapidation
The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined
dilapidation
The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay
dilapidation
The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or by intention
dilapidation
{i} ruin, disrepair, collapse, deterioration
dilapidation
The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered
dilapidation
Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention
dilapidation
a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
dilapidation
the process of becoming dilapidated
dilapidate

    الواصلة

    di·lap·i·date

    التركية النطق

    dıläpıdeyt

    النطق

    /dəˈlapəˌdāt/ /dəˈlæpəˌdeɪt/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    () From Latin dilapidātus, past participle of dilapidō (“to destroy with stones”), from dis (“intensifier”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”)

    الازمنة

    dilapidating, dilapidated
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