Dilapidate: alternatives and connections

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic…

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To make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair; as, to deteriorate the mind.

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To hang bending downward; to sink or hang down, as an animal, plant, etc., from physical inability or exhaustion, want of nourishment, or the like.

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To eat into or away; to corrode; as, canker erodes the flesh.

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To bite, as something hard or tough, which is not readily separated or crushed; to bite off little by little, with effort; to wear or eat away by scr…

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The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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The reddish yellow coating formed on iron when exposed to moist air, consisting of ferric oxide or hydroxide; hence, by extension, any metallic film…

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Same as Weir.

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The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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2d pers. sing. of Will.

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To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.

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To destroy.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.

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To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.

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To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail;…

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