DILAPIDATING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

dilapidating

verb

present participle of dilapidate

as in disintegrating

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Teams must build enough psychological trust to disagree without disintegrating.

— Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Others rot in the California sun, disintegrating into bony fragments.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of disintegrating

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Other microbes recycle nutrients by decomposing dead plants and animals, fix atmospheric nitrogen into forms that plants can use, and form essential partnerships with roots, insects, and other organisms.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
Many unanswered questions remain after 56 decomposing bodies were found inside a Chicago funeral home last week.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of decomposing

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Developer John Dewberry is responsible for the site, and has a reputation for leaving half-finished, moldering construction projects in his wake.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
They were set in crumbling castles and moldering dungeons—that is, amid the rubble of a collapsing social order.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Definition of moldering

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The Kremlin has also started to systematically target Ukrainian ports and ships in the Black Sea in hopes of degrading the infrastructure that supports the country’s agricultural exports.

— Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
In a public service announcement Thursday, the agencies said water and wastewater utilities have reported incidents to the FBI, with some malicious activity degrading water operations.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Definition of degrading

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Similar ads run the risk of diminishing the ownership experience for some BMW buyers and reduce their sense of control over the driving experience.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
The pollution is expected to drift into the Bay Area, stealthily diminishing air quality without the signature campfire smell associated with wildfire smoke, according to Anthony Edwards, the San Francisco Chronicle’s newsroom meteorologist.

— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of diminishing

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Validation rules, schema standards and completeness checks at the entry point prevent bad master data from corrupting everything downstream.

— Jacqueline DeStefano-Tangorra, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Character also involves standing up to people who are bankrupting and corrupting this country.

— CBS News, CBS News, 31 May 2026

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