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down·fall
 downfall
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- pronunciation:
- daUn
fawl
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun)
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a drastic decline in status, wealth, or the like; ruin.
- synonyms:
- debacle, overthrow, ruination, undoing
- similar words:
- collapse, decay, descent, destruction, fate, finish, nose dive, plunge, ruin
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| definition 2: |
that which causes such ruin.
- synonyms:
- bane, destruction, ruination, undoing
- similar words:
- Achilles heel, defect, failing, fate, fault, flaw, last straw, nemesis, ruin, shortcoming, weakness
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| definition 3: |
a fall of snow or rain; downpour.
- synonyms:
- deluge, downpour
- similar words:
- cascade, cataract, cloudburst, precipitation, rainfall, shower, snowfall, spate, torrent
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| related words: |
bust, catastrophe, crash, defeat, drawback, overthrow |
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