dilapidate
Example Sentences
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The licenses come a few weeks after Venezuela’s interim government made changes to its hydrocarbon law to ease state control of its dilapidated oil industry.
Many residents have little choice but to stay in their dilapidated homes.
From Barron's
The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which in 1860 took possession of a dilapidated home nearly devoid of its contents, has been trying ever since to restore it to its appearance in 1799, when Washington died.
And because of the dilapidated state of the property, it's already been indicated that he won't get any money back from his original investment.
From BBC
They also hope to attract funding and investments to rehabilitate Syria's dilapidated infrastructure.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
