"dilapidated" in the verb sense
1. dilapidate
bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
2. decay, crumble, dilapidate
fall into decay or ruin
"The unoccupied house started to decay"
"dilapidated" in the adjective sense
1. bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down
in deplorable condition
"a street of bedraggled tenements"
"a broken-down fence"
"a ramshackle old pier"
"a tumble-down shack"
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