Dilapidate
Dilapidate , transitive verb
[Latin dilapidare to scatter like stones; di- = dis- + lapidare to throw stones, from lapis a stone. See Lapidary.]
1.
To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building.
If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony.
2.
To impair by waste and abuse; to squander.
The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated.
Dilapidate , intransitive verb
To get out of repair; to fall into partial ruin; to become decayed; as, the church was suffered to dilapidate. — Johnson