dilapidates

verb

present tense third-person singular of dilapidate
as in putrefies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dilapidates
  1. breaks down
  2. decomposes
  3. corrupts
  4. disintegrates
  5. degrades
  6. diminishes
  7. downsizes
  8. wanes
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  • Information gets lost, communication breaks down, and customers feel the disconnect at every step.
    — Dustin Lemick, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The index also breaks down where each of the four sectors is seeing the strongest demand.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of breaks down
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  • Named for the Frenchman Joseph Fourier, the Fourier transform decomposes any function into a set of simple waves, each with a different frequency, or tone.
    — Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The research team enabled a room-temperature, four-electron chemical reaction path that forms and decomposes lithium oxide, which expands available energy storage.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
Definition of decomposes
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  • Forgetting his bond with the land, Mariano awakens the Ch’iqmi, a dark force that corrupts his people.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 25 June 2026
  • One nanny will try to get to the bottom of it before all the partying, power and privilege corrupts her.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of corrupts
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  • Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.
    — The Conversation, Fortune, 12 June 2026
  • None are quite about the conflicting frames of reference and value that arise when an ancient cultural formation disintegrates and a successor has yet to take its place.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Definition of disintegrates
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  • Because the watermark degrades with more thorough editing or in shorter samples of text, its usefulness may also be uneven depending on the department or assignment.
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Monitoring their shifts shows that fast solar development degrades critical vegetation and food sources, threatening local biodiversity in ways other metrics often overlook.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of degrades
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  • Once the journey time increases, the value proposition diminishes and the project is less likely to succeed.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The Congressional Budget Office estimates that for every dollar added to the deficit, private investment loses 33 cents, which diminishes economic growth and wages over time.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminishes
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  • The movie follows Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game) as Yoo Man-su, a man who is fired from his job at a paper manufacturing company after an American company buys out his company and downsizes.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • His loving, pragmatic wife, Mi-ri (Son Ye-jin), gamely downsizes their middle-class life to fit their new reality — but her resoluteness only exacerbates his despair.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
Definition of downsizes
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  • Summary American finance is undergoing a significant shift as Wall Street's traditional dominance wanes.
    — Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Fillion has already played Guy in previous DC Universe projects, including Superman and season 2 of Peacemaker, and teased that his character’s signature confidence wanes in Lanterns.
    — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of wanes
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