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UK
/dˈaʊnfɔːl/
]
[ US /ˈdaʊnˌfɔɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈdaʊnˌfɔɫ/ ]
NOUN
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a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
the fall of the House of Hapsburg - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
How To Use downfall In A Sentence
- I do think one of the downfalls of diet drugs and appetite suppressants is that they still don't teach you how to eat.
- The irony being, if Spurs do become legitimate contenders for the title and pip City to it, therefore Man City sponsor their own downfall. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
- Second-place winner Nada Bader, a 12-year-old seventh-grader from Crestwood Middle School, met her downfall with the word "conniption" - a fit of rage, hysteria or alarm. Times Leader News
- But it was standing a bad debt for a friend that proved his downfall.
- His pride may still be his downfall.
- This darkly comic fable tells how the revenge plans for a New Year's Eve party go horribly wrong, as two wicked sisters plan the downfall of the third and most successful one.
- The constant friction with his superiors probably hastened his downfall.
- The downfall of the ILM was first and foremost the failure of its leadership - at all levels, in all affiliated organisations.
- Hopefully, all the little ones and not so little, enjoyed their day off school and work due to the downfall of snow, last week.
- Her sharp, aggressive tone set in motion the events that led to her downfall.