1. (

• dilapidate

) bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse ;

2. (

• decay ,
• crumble ,
• dilapidate

) fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" ;

1. (

• bedraggled ,
• broken-down ,
• derelict ,
• dilapidated ,
• ramshackle ,
• tatterdemalion ,
• tumble-down

) in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" ;