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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Downfall \Down"fall`\, n. 1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling. Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland. Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. --Dryden. 2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin. Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place --Motley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: downfall n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation 2: the falling to earth of 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}]
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