10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
verb bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse
verb fall into decay or ruin
originFrom Latin dilapidō (“to scatter, consume, throw away”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), from dis- (“asunder”) + lapidō (“to stone”), from lapis (“stone”). Compare French dilapider.
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