Downfall

Noun

 * 1) A precipitous decline in fortune; a rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
 * Many economic and political reasons led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.
 * 1) The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
 * It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead. &mdash; Orson Scott Card

Synonyms

 * : fall

Derived terms

 * Operation Downfall

Related terms

 * down-fallen, downfallen

Verbs for Downfall
anticipate—; approach—; bring about—; drag into—; escape—; expect—; experience—; fear—; guard against—; heed—; meet—; pitch to—; promise—; protect from —; recover from—; tumble to—; warn of—; —destroys; —engulfs; —teaches.

Thesaurus
Waterloo, 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, waterspout, whipping

Translations

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 * German: Niedergang,,  Verfall


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Anagrams

 * fall down