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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'become dilapidated' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a building, object or other structure that has fallen into disrepair, often due to age and neglect. For example: "After decades of disuse, the old factory had become dilapidated."
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Some of these had become dilapidated before the lottery came along.
By the 1970's the Goelet Building and its surroundings had again become dilapidated.
The mills were textile mills, built on the riverbanks, and they had been allowed to become dilapidated.
Beautiful Victorian-era mansions on the side streets had become dilapidated, and worst of all, the Macy's store that had served shoppers for 44 years was closed and vacant.
In 1968, county planning officials declared North Amityville a high poverty area and the regional planning board issued a report that described it as a place with failing businesses and an abundance of "once-sound homes" that had "become dilapidated beyond rehabilitation".
The wooden Battersea Bridge had become dilapidated by the mid-19th century.
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Over time, the volcano became dilapidated from extensive erosion and "hydrothermal activity", and collapsed.
The castle was abandoned at the beginning of the 20th century, and it soon became dilapidated.
The ground became dilapidated: a boy was killed when a wall collapsed during rioting in the 1980s.
It was closed in the '80s and became dilapidated, and then five years ago, they renovated the space.
By the turn of the century, the West Park Commission was riddled with political graft, and the three parks became dilapidated.
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