dilapidating

Verb

dilapidate (third-person singular simple present dilapidates, present participle dilapidating, simple past and past participle dilapidated)

1. (transitive) To cause to become ruined or put into disrepair.
   • If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony[…]1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
2. (figuratively, transitive) To squander or waste.
   • The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.1692, Anthony Wood, Athenae Oxonienses
3. (archaic, intransitive) To fall into ruin or disuse.

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