dilapidate
/dɪˈlapɪdeɪt
/verb [with object] archaic
Cause (something) to fall into disrepair or ruin: a ruined Chappell, built by the Spaniard, and dilapidated by the Dutch...
- Deprived of others, free solitude, like the astronauts' weightless state, dilapidates muscles, bones, and blood.
- All the money has fled to the suburbs and left the city to dilapidate and disintegrate.
- The buildings were dilapidating yet splendid to behold.
Origin
Early 16th century (in the sense 'waste, squander'): from Latin dilapidat- 'demolished, squandered', from the verb dilapidare, literally 'scatter as if throwing stones', from di- 'apart, abroad'+ lapis, lapid- 'stone'.