Antonyms for dilapidate
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : dih-lap-i-deyt |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪt |
- adorn
- advance
- aid
- appear
- approve
- arrive
- assemble
- assist
- attach
- be born
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- benefit
- build
- building
- care
- coagulate
- collect
- combine
- commence
- concentrate
- connect
- construct
- continue
- couple
- create
- creation
- cure
- decorate
- develop
- embellish
- enable
- encourage
- enhance
- enlarge
- expand
- extend
- fasten
- fill
- fix
- flourish
- forge
- forward
- gather
- give
- grow
- heal
- help
- honor
- improve
- increase
- inspirit
- integrate
- invent
- invigorate
- join
- let go
- link
- live
- lose
- make happy
- marry
- meld
- mend
- obey
- ornament
- please
- praise
- produce
- prolong
- protect
- put together
- raise
- reach
- rebuild
- repair
- resolve
- respect
- restore
- rise
- sanctify
- smooth
- solidify
- start
- strengthen
- success
- surrender
- unite
- unmix
- win
- yield
Definition of dilapidate
Origin :- 1560s, "to bring a building to ruin," from Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare "to squander, waste," originally "to throw stones, scatter like stones;" see dilapidation. Perhaps the English word is a back-formation from dilapidation.
- As in ruination : noun ruin
- As in ruin : verb devastate, destroy
- As in tear down : verb demolish, raze
- As in wreck : verb ruin, destroy
- As in pauperize : verb ruin
- As in deface : verb mar, mutilate
- As in demolish : verb destroy; consume
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
- As in dissolve : verb disappear, disintegrate
- As in do in : verb destroy; exhaust
- As in gut : verb clean out, strip
- As in harm : verb injure; cause evil
- Everything about the villain stream has a dilapidate, broken-down air: the very mud of the Spider Water is rusty.
- Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman
- Smilash had immediately promised to dilapidate it to its former state at the end of the year.
- Extract from : « An Unsocial Socialist » by George Bernard Shaw
Synonyms for dilapidate
- abate
- abuse
- annihilate
- assassinate
- atomize
- bane
- bankrupt
- bash
- bate
- batter
- beach
- beggar
- blemish
- botch
- bowel
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break into pieces
- break up
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- bruise
- bulldoze
- bump off
- burst
- bust
- butcher
- capsize
- clean out
- come apart
- contort
- cool
- crack
- crack up
- crash
- cripple
- crumble
- crush
- damage
- dash
- decay
- decimate
- decline
- decompose
- deface
- defeat
- defile
- deform
- degenerate
- deliquesce
- demolish
- deplete
- deplore
- depredate
- descend
- desecrate
- despoil
- destroy
- destroyer
- destruction
- detach
- deteriorate
- devastate
- devour
- diffuse
- dilapidate
- diminish
- disable
- disappear
- disassemble
- disband
- discommode
- disconnect
- disembowel
- disfigure
- disimprove
- dismantle
- disorganize
- dispatch
- disperse
- disserve
- dissipate
- distort
- disunite
- divide
- do away with
- do in
- do violence to
- downfall
- drain
- draw
- dress
- droop
- dump on
- dwindle
- ease off
- eat
- ebb
- efface
- eliminate
- empty
- end
- evanesce
- evaporate
- eviscerate
- execute
- exenterate
- exhaust
- expire
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fall to pieces
- fatigue
- finish
- fizzle out
- flatten
- fleece
- founder
- frazzle
- get
- go bad
- go downhill
- gobble up
- halt
- harm
- hurt
- ill-treat
- impair
- impoverish
- incommode
- inconvenience
- injure
- kill
- knock down
- knock out
- lapse
- lay waste
- let up
- level
- liquidate
- loot
- lose power
- louse up
- maim
- make a mess of
- maltreat
- mangle
- mar
- melt away
- mess up
- misshape
- misuse
- moderate
- molder
- molest
- muck up
- murder
- mutilate
- nick
- obliterate
- outrage
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- pass
- pauperize
- perish
- peter out
- pile up
- pillage
- plunder
- prejudice
- pulverize
- put away
- put down
- put in toilet
- put out of commission
- putrefy
- rankle
- ransack
- rape
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- recede
- reduce
- retrograde
- rifle
- rot
- ruin
- run aground
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sabotage
- sack
- sap
- scathe
- scratch
- scuttle
- separate
- sever
- shatter
- shipwreck
- shock
- sink
- slacken
- slaughter
- slay
- smash
- smash up
- splinter
- spoil
- spoilate
- stab
- stop
- strand
- subside
- subvert
- sully
- taint
- take apart
- take out
- tarnish
- tear down
- tear up
- tire
- torpedo
- total
- trample
- trash
- traumatize
- turn
- turn to dust
- tweak
- undermine
- undo
- undoing
- unmake
- use up
- vandalize
- vanish
- vitiate
- wane
- wash away
- wash out
- waste away
- wax
- weaken
- wear away
- wear out
- weary
- wilt
- wing
- wipe off map
- wipe off the map
- wipe out
- wither
- worsen
- wound
- wrack
- wrack up
- wreak havoc on
- wreck
- wrecker
- wrench
- wrong
- zing
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