Thesaurus: downfall

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1. n. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
2. n. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.
3. n. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
4. n. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
5. n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation