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