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Dilapidation
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DILAPIDATION. Literally, this signifies the injury done to a building by taking stones from it; but in its figurative, which is also its technical sense, it means the waste committed or permitted upon a building.

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``You have a piece of property that sits there, dilapidates and falls apart. ANIMATORS LOSE MUSEUM RIGHTS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) More results

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