Found 3 items, similar to Downfall.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: downfall
keruntuhan, kiamat
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: downfall
downfall
n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn:
ruin,
ruination]
2: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or
hail or sleet or mist) [syn:
precipitation]
3: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance;
“the
fall of the House of Hapsburg” [syn:
fall] [ant:
rise]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Downfall
Downfall
\Down"fall`\ (doun"f[add]l`), n.
1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
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Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland.
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Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.
--Dryden.
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2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or
happiness; destruction; ruin; as, the senator's
unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall.
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Dire were the consequences which would follow the
downfall of so important a place. --Motley.
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