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dilapidator

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di⋅lap⋅i⋅date

  [di-lap-i-deyt] verb -dat⋅ed, -dat⋅ing.
Use dilapidator in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
2. Archaic. to squander; waste.
–verb (used without object)
3. to fall into ruin or decay.
Origin:
1560–70; < ML dīlapidātus, ptp. of dīlapidāre to squander (cf. dīlapidātiō disrepair), L: to pelt with stones; see di- 2 , lapidate

Related forms:
di⋅lap⋅i⋅da⋅tion, noun
di⋅lap⋅i⋅da⋅tor, noun
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