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verb (dilapidat, ing)
  1. To fall into ruin or disuse.
  2. (figuratively) To squander or waste.
Translations: 
  • French: dilapider
Etymology: Derived from Latin dilapidatus, past participle of dilapidare, literally meaning "to destroy with stones", from dis (intensive) + lapidare, "to stone" from lapis, "stone"


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