DILAPIDATING Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

dilapidating

verb

present participle of dilapidate

as in disintegrating

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Even though relations between the pair had been publicly disintegrating for weeks, Stevens' announcement was a surprise.

— Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
The stars have grown lethargic and limp, with lesions spread across their bodies, their arms falling off or disintegrating.

— Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of disintegrating

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No less slippery are his matinée-idol looks, which can turn wolfish or ratty on a dime, as if his beauty were moldering away from within.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Getting the rotting food off racks towering six stories high required hundreds of workers in protective suits to dislodge the moldering food.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of moldering

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The experiments will test whether the reactor’s exhaust system can endure the punishment of such high-performance plasma without degrading.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
Faulkner said he is fed up with Citation’s yearslong pattern of degrading his pastures.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of degrading

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Repeating the experiment with other plants, including tomatoes and wheat, yielded similar results—but an encounter with putrefying animal tissues had no effect.

— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2026
East of Eden is a tome obsessed with guilt, sin, ambition, race, the land as healing and capitalism as putrefying, the nature of fate and the question of free will, and the role money and inheritance play in either our corruption or our cleansing.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of putrefying

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Before it was demolished in the early 1800s, his crumbling mansion was said to be haunted by ghosts and strange occurrences.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026
While the bread is toasting, cook sausage in a large skillet, crumbling it into pieces with a wooden spoon, until browned, 3 minutes.

— Candy Hom, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of crumbling

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Everybody raves about the myriad of health benefits that comes along with dry brushing—from physically exfoliating your skin and eliminating strawberry skin to increasing blood flow and potentially diminishing the appearance of circulation.

— Hannah Coates, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2026
There is no denying that Trump’s efforts in Iran are diminishing his party’s chances of retaining Congress.

— Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 29 Oct. 2026

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