About The Word Downfall
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Downfall
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What's The Definition Of Downfall?
[n] failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[n] a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" [n] the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) Synonyms | Synonyms for Downfall: fall | precipitation | ruin | ruination Related Terms | Find terms related to Downfall: atrophy | bane | beating | bouleversement | brash | breakdown | burst of rain | cascade | cataract | chute | cloudburst | collapse | comedown | conquering | conquest | convulsion | crash | cropper | deathblow | debacle | decadence | declension | declination | decline | defeat | deflation | defluxion | degeneracy | degeneration | degradation | deluge | descending | descension | descent | destroyer | destruction | devolution | discomfiture | down | downbend | downcome | downcurve | downflow | downgrade | downpour | downrush | downtrend | downturn | downward trend | drencher | drop | dropping | drubbing | failure | fall | falling | flood | gravitation | gushing rain | headache | heavy rain | hiding | inclination | lambasting | lathering | licking | mastery | nose dive | overcoming | overthrow | overturn | plash | plummeting | pounce | pour | pratfall | problem | prostration | quietus | rainburst | rainspout | rainstorm | rapids | ruin | ruination | sabotage | scud | smash | soaker | soaking rain | spate | spout | stoop | stumble | subdual | subduing | subjugation | subversion | swoop | tailspin | thrashing | torrent of rain | trimming | trouble | trouncing | tumble | undoing | upheaval | upset | vanquishment | waterfall | Waterloo | waterspout | whipping See Also | anticlimax | atmospheric condition | diamond dust | failure | fine spray | finish | frost mist | frost snow | hail | ice crystal | ice needle | poudrin | rain | rainfall | sleet | snow | snow mist | snowfall | virga | weakening | weather | weather condition Downfall In Webster's Dictionary \Down"fall`\, n.
1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland.
Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.
--Dryden.
2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or
happiness; destruction; ruin.
Dire were the consequences which would follow the
downfall of so important a place. --Motley.
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