downfall has definitions from the field of meteorology
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[ noun ] failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

Synonyms

ruination ruin

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

He evidently could n't foresee that it might be his downfall in_the_end .

Related terms

failure finish ruin

2
[ noun ] (meteorology) the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

Synonyms

precipitation

3
[ noun ] a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

Synonyms

fall

Examples

"the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

Related terms

rise weakening anticlimax fall

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