Synonym: cloudburst, defeat, downpour, failure, flood, overthrow, rainstorm, ruin, upset. Similar words: rainfall, infallible, fall down, in fact, infant, unfair, in favour of, unfamiliar. Meaning: n. 1. failure that results in a loss of position or reputation 2. the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) 3. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance.
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31 In the end, it was the continual drinking that was his downfall.
32 Pride was his downfall.
33 Greed was her downfall.
34 It is possible to isolate a number of factors that contributed to her downfall.
35 There was a certain amount of rough justice in his downfall.
36 Nepotism and cronyism are prov ing his downfall.
37 Widescale poverty could prove Lukashenko's electoral downfall.
38 It was this which led to his downfall.
39 But the lack of true miniaturisation proves its downfall.
40 He believed she had brought about Ryan's downfall.
41 Operation Downfall called for two amphibious assaults.
42 Greed would later prove to be Barnett's downfall.
43 But will Dublin's insularity prove to be its downfall?
44 One bad investment eventually led to Roberts' downfall.
45 But attempts at social engineering usually lead to downfall.
46 The Incas also had gold, but it helped bring about their downfall.
47 A series of failed ventures based on his hobbies of collecting classic sports cars and aircraft led to his downfall.
48 Marx believed that these and other contradictions would eventually lead to the downfall of the capitalist system.
49 It was the same story which brought about the downfall of another huge yard - Tyne - in October 1989.
50 Individual errors were ultimately responsible for Leeds s downfall,(www.Sentencedict.com) but several players looked uncomfortable with the new formation.
51 The tragedy of his downfall is that he was tailor-made for the job.
52 Indeed, claim Thatcherites, it was the Blue Chips who plotted her downfall in November 1990.
53 Meanwhile, Vanessa herself suffers a downfall as humiliating as it is spectacular.
54 During the first Cold War years, the capitalist block was indeed seeking the downfall of the war-exhausted Soviet Union.
55 Many brokers on Wall Street prophesied the downfall of the company.
56 He greeted Collingridge's downfall like a drowning man discovers a life raft.
57 It was not a mortal blow in the style of Lord Howe who brought about the downfall of Margaret Thatcher.
58 The bad winter weather with no guaranteed snow cover could prove to be this expansion's downfall.
59 Rebecca believed that Lissa could bring about her downfall, and she was almost bound to try to do something about it.
60 But it was this same hands-on style, when applied to Monica Lewinsky, that almost proved his downfall.
More similar words: rainfall, infallible, fall down, in fact, infant, unfair, in favour of, unfamiliar, fall, unfavorable, infatuation, unfavourable, fall to, fall out, fall for, fallacy, fall away, falter, fall ill, fall into, infant mortality, waterfall, fall under, best of all, fall in love, fall back on, fall behind, fallacious, fall asleep, first of all.