Verb (used with object) : The house had been dilapidated by neglect.    From Dictionary.com. 

If you are left alone, that quality of education you are boasting about will crumble and dilapidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama, Peres and Colbert on the Persian New Year - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

I do not think he will dilapidate her fortune -- he seems quiet and gentle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford] Reference

They tax the country according to their pleasure, and dilapidate the estates of the.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Legend of Montrose] Reference

I can't say that's being dilapidate, I think it's just continuing the way it was before.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

Dumouriez grumbles and they dilapidate abroad: within the walls there is sinning, and without the walls there is sinning.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Revolution] Reference

Then, once the water bottle begins to dilapidate and the water tastes wonky, I will return it for a nickel at the local grocery store.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Journal Online Homepage] Reference

They were too prone to dilapidate and destroy their dwellings; they were therefore required to pay for the locks, cupboards, and doors.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of Tasmania , Volume II] Reference

Even more important than all the aforementioned, we have allowed the one thing any growing community needs - infrastructure - to dilapidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

They tax the country according to their pleasure, and dilapidate the estates of the King's friends; now, were we once in the Lowlands, with our.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Legend of Montrose] Reference

The story of the second, or scapegoat, Virgil would be much damaged by the character given to the real bishop, if there were anything in it to dilapidate.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I (of II)] Reference

They have all different personalities and points of view, and odds are that they would rather dilapidate their money against each other in a Battle Royale fashion in order to prevent others from interfering and going against their ideals.    From Wordnik.com.  [AnimeBlogger.net Antenna] Reference

With regard to the customers, I think in the past you had mentioned; that's when the banks have been getting a little tougher for the customer, forcing lower liquidations, are you seeing that pick up more now or is that sort of dilapidate at all?.    From Wordnik.com.  [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference

They tax the country according to their pleasure, and dilapidate the estates of the King’s friends; now, were we once in the Lowlands, with our Highlanders and our Irish at our backs, and our swords in our hands, we can find many a fat traitor, whose ill-gotten wealth shall fill our military chest and satisfy our soldiery.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Legend of Montrose] Reference