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Downfall | Downfall \Down"fall`\ (doun"f[add]l`), n. 1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling. [1913 Webster] Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland. [1913 Webster] Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin; as, the senator's unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall. [1913 Webster +PJC] Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. --Motley. [1913 Webster] |
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