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| Baufälligkeit {f}; Verwahrlosung {f}; Verfall {m} [constr.] | dilapidation; disrepair; decay; deterioration; decrepitude [formal]; rack and ruin; wrack and ruin [Am.] ![[listen]](/pics/s1.png "decay {noun}"){kind=small} |
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| baufällig werden; in Verfall geraten | to become dilapidated; to fall into a state of dilapidation; to fall into ruins; to decay |
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| einen Ort dem Verfall preisgeben | to allow a place to fall into wrack and ruin | |
| Viele Kleinstädte versuchen, ihre Bausubstanz durch verstärkten Fremdenverkehr vor dem Verfall zu bewahren. | Many small towns are trying to avoid rack and ruin by increasing tourism |