Downfall - English meaning

noun

Complete destruction or obliteration.

Usage examples:

The threat of global annihilation

noun

Complete destruction, so that nothing or no one is left

Usage examples:

During the cold war the threat of nuclear annihilation was always on people's minds., the candidate…

noun

Complete defeat

Usage examples:

The candidate suffered annihilation at the polls.

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

noun

An instance of a structure falling down or giving way.

Usage examples:

The collapse of a railway bridge

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

noun

The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force.

Usage examples:

The conquest of the aztecs by the spanish

noun

The act of conquering a country, area, or situation

noun

Someone you have had sex with but probably not a relationship

Usage examples:

I was determined not to become just another one of his conquests.

verb

(of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.

Usage examples:

A racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier

noun

A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.

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A car crash

adjective

Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.

Usage examples:

A crash course in italian

noun

The action or process of reducing the quality or value of something.

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The outcome is rot and debasement of the system

noun

The action of reducing the quality or value of something

Usage examples:

The government claims that academic standards will be protected from further debasement., currency …

verb

Win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat.

Usage examples:

Garibaldi defeated the neapolitan army

noun

An instance of defeating or being defeated.

Usage examples:

A 1–0 defeat by grimsby

verb

To oppose and cause someone to lose in a competition or war so that you can win

Usage examples:

Bill clinton defeated george bush for the presidency in 1992., [ u ] in the american civil war, the…

noun

The action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.

Usage examples:

Edward v's deposition

noun

A formal written statement by a witness in a legal matter

noun

A statement made by someone to say that something is true and used in a court of law

Usage examples:

Give/make a deposition, say/state/testify sth in a deposition mrs gordon said in a deposition that …

noun

The action or process of causing so much damage to something that it no longer exists or cannot be repaired.

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The destruction of the rainforest

noun

The action of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed

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Unusually high winds left widespread destruction over the area., the child needs help to control hi…

noun

The act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed

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Destruction of many people are very concerned about the destruction of the rainforests., trail of d…

noun

The complete removal or destruction of something.

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The elimination of extreme poverty is a key objective

noun

The process of removing something

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The elimination of disease/pain, their elimination from the competition, we eventually found the an…

noun

By removing from several possible answers the ones that are unlikely to be correct until only one is left

Usage examples:

We eventually found the answer by a process of elimination.

noun

A final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a story.

Usage examples:

The end of the year

verb

Come or bring to a final point; finish.

Usage examples:

When the war ended, policy changed

suffix

Denoting a person or thing to be treated in a specified way.

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Dividend

noun

Lack of success.

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An economic policy that is doomed to failure

noun

The fact of someone or something not succeeding

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Complete failure the meeting was a complete failure., total failure now she finally had to admit th…

noun

The fact of not doing something that you must do or are expected to do

Usage examples:

Failure to his failure to return her phone call made her realize that something was wrong., failure…

verb

Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.

Usage examples:

Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun

An act of falling or collapsing.

Usage examples:

His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb

Descend freely under the influence of gravity

noun

The inescapable agent of someone's or something's downfall.

Usage examples:

Injury, consistently his nemesis, struck him down during the match

proper noun

A goddess usually portrayed as the agent of divine punishment for wrongdoing or presumption (hubris).

noun

Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

Usage examples:

The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis.

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Remove forcibly from power.

Usage examples:

Military coups which had attempted to overthrow the king

noun

A removal from power.

Usage examples:

The speeches called for the overthrow of the monarchy

noun

The physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed.

Usage examples:

A large white house falling into gentle ruin

verb

Reduce (a building or place) to a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration.

Usage examples:

The castle was ruined when dynamite was used to demolish one of the corner towers

verb

To spoil or destroy something

Usage examples:

It would be a shame to ruin such a beautiful place., that guy isn’t going to ruin my life.

noun

The action or fact of ruining someone or something or of being ruined.

Usage examples:

Commercial malpractice causes the ruination of thousands of people

noun

Destruction

Usage examples:

Alcohol was the ruination of him.

verb

Overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall.

Usage examples:

She toppled over when i touched her

verb

Present participle of topple

Usage examples:

The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds., the tree toppled and fell., the churc…

verb

To (cause to) lose balance and fall down

Usage examples:

The statue of the dictator was toppled (over) by the crowds., the tree toppled and fell.

noun

A person's ruin or downfall.

Usage examples:

He knew of his ex-partner's role in his undoing

verb

Unfasten, untie, or loosen (something).

Usage examples:

The knot was difficult to undo

noun

The cause of a person’s failure or loss of power or wealth

Usage examples:

His failure to delegate authority and his arrogance led to his undoing.

verb

Cause (someone) to fall from a horse or bicycle.

Usage examples:

Rawhide unseated kevin bradley at the first fence

verb

Present participle of unseat

Usage examples:

The opposition candidate failed by only 39 votes to unseat the cabinet minister.

verb

Defeat thoroughly.

Usage examples:

He successfully vanquished his rival

verb

Present participle of vanquish

Usage examples:

Napoleon was vanquished at the battle of waterloo in 1815., the vanquished army surrendered their w…