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downfall (noun)

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  • downfall — ► NOUN ▪ a loss of power, prosperity, or status …   English terms dictionary

  • downfall — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ eventual, ultimate ▪ dramatic, tragic VERB + DOWNFALL ▪ bring about, cause, lead to …   Collocations dictionary

  • downfall — noun (singular) complete loss of your money, moral standards, social position etc, or the sudden failure of an organization: The scandal led to the family s downfall. | be sb s downfall: That one error of judgment was his downfall …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • downfall — noun Date: 13th century 1. a. a sudden fall (as from power) b. a fall (as of snow or rain) especially when sudden or heavy 2. something that causes a downfall (as of a person) < gambling was his downfall > • downfallen adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • downfall — noun a) 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. b) The cause of such a fall; a critical …   Wiktionary

  • downfall — I noun abasement, adversity, breakdown, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, debacle, decline, defeat, demotion, destruction, disaster, disgrace, failure, fall, fatality, humiliation, miscarriage, misfortune, perdition,… …   Law dictionary

  • downfall — noun the shah s downfall Syn: undoing, ruin, ruination; defeat, conquest, deposition, overthrow; nemesis, destruction, annihilation, elimination; end, collapse, fall, crash, failure; debasement, degradation, disgrace …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • downfall — noun a loss of power, prosperity, or status …   English new terms dictionary

  • downfall — noun Syn: ruin, ruination, undoing, defeat, overthrow, destruction, annihilation, end, collapse, fall, crash, failure Ant: rise …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • downfall — down|fall [ daun,fɔl ] noun singular 1. ) a sudden loss of power, status, or success: bad investments that led to the company s downfall 2. ) something that causes the downfall of a person or group: His political ambition was his downfall …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • downfall — UK [ˈdaʊnˌfɔːl] / US [ˈdaʊnˌfɔl] noun [singular] 1) a sudden loss of power, status, or success bad investments that led to the company s downfall 2) something that causes the downfall of a person or group His political ambition was his downfall …   English dictionary

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