Breakable, fragile; broken down.

fallen to pieces.

That falls down or collapses; (of a building) ruinous.

Esp. of a building: falling or fallen into ruin; decayed, dilapidated, broken down.

Perished, gone to ruin.

In predicative use: ruinous, in a state of destruction. Obsolete. rare.

Decayed, worn out. Chiefly, of a person: Impaired in health or vigour; infirm.

Of a building, town, etc.: in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. Now rare. In predicative use. Originally as past participle.

Designating or relating to a building, town, etc., in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration. Cf… In attributive use.

Of a building, town, etc.: reduced to ruins; fallen into ruin.

In extended use, of a place: dilapidated, broken-down.

=dilapidated, adj. (Chiefly as past participle)

That has been shot through.

Of a ship, building, or other solid structure: Dilapidated, battered, shattered. Obsolete. (See also tottered, adj. 2.)

Of a building or a ship: Battered and shaken, rendered ruinous and liable to fall; in a tottering condition.

Fallen into ruin or disrepair; ruined, impaired, broken down. (literal and figurative.)

(a) reduced to atoms, decomposed; (b) decayed, ruined; whose health, strength, character, etc. has given way; (c) having ceased to function (cf. to…

That is in a tumbling condition; falling or fallen into ruin; dilapidated, ruinous.

Esp. of a building or district: in a state of disrepair; dilapidated, shabby; seedy.

Ready to tumble; tumble-down, ruinous.

Esp. in African-American usage: miserable, meagre; dilapidated, shabby.

In figurative phrase shot through (also shot to hellor pieces), in a state of ruin or collapse. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

In figurative phrase shot through (also shot to hellor pieces), in a state of ruin or collapse. colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

Of a thing: run-down, broken-down; worn, pitted, dilapidated.