dilapidate
Verb
- Bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse (synset 201666329)
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Fall into decay or ruin (synset 200209244)
"The unoccupied house started to decay"is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original naturesubtypes:
- deteriorate - become worse or disintegrate
- corrode, rust - become destroyed by water, air, or a corrosive such as an acid
- weather - change under the action or influence of the weather
- eat at, erode, gnaw, gnaw at, wear away - become ground down or deteriorate
- droop, wilt - become limp
- ruin - fall into ruin
- break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out - go to pieces
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