The meaning of Downfall

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…

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

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.

Usage examples:

The outcome is rot and debasement of the system

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

Usage examples:

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

noun

The complete removal or destruction of something.

Usage examples:

The elimination of extreme poverty is a key objective

noun

The process of removing something

Usage examples:

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

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.

Usage examples:

An economic policy that is doomed to 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…