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Meanings of downfall in English

Catalan
caiguda
Spanish
ruina

Failure that results in a loss of position or reputation.

        caiguda
        Portuguese
        perda
        Catalan
        ruïna
        Spanish
        ruina

        A sudden decline in strength or number or importance.

            perda
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            Examples for "fall"
            Examples for "fall"
            1
            Season: Spring through fall, although sunny winter days can offer good conditions.
            Climbing Magazine
            2
            That new focus could fall on state elections due later this year.
            Reuters
            3
            However, certain groups of people were far more likely to fall victim.
            News.com.au
            4
            Asked if net profit would fall this fiscal year, he said: Obviously.
            Reuters
            5
            Uncertainty prevails, which of course caused business investment to fall last year.
            The Guardian
            1
            Cycling the highest road in Europe Isn't the best ascent a descent?
            BBC
            2
            A rerun of 1914's descent into global war is really rather unlikely.
            Reuters
            3
            It is a common genetic anomaly, especially among people of African descent.
            Jamaica Observer
            4
            They'd surely used a crapload of battery power fighting the unscheduled descent.
            The charlemagne pursuit
            5
            The only true choice left is how to control the accelerating descent.
            Carte Blanche
            Portuguese
            precipitação
            Catalan
            precipitació
            Spanish
            precipitación

            The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

                  precipitação
                  Usage of downfall in English
                  1
                  However, the architects of state capture have also crafted their own downfall.
                  The South African
                  2
                  The downfall of two peoples follows in the train of personal calamity.
                  The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
                  3
                  The downfall of popery in these lands would then have been inevitable.
                  The History of the Thirty Years' War
                  4
                  He'd started this chain of events that had led to Isabelle's downfall.
                  Taken by sin
                  5
                  Like the Church, the municipalities survived the downfall of the Roman empire.
                  The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
                  6
                  The death of Khu-marawaih was the virtual downfall of the Tulunid dynasty.
                  History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (o...
                  7
                  Ten years after her downfall, how are we to consider Margaret Thatcher?
                  The Irish Times
                  8
                  But only temporary downfall: Tapie again served as club chairman in 2001.
                  The Guardian
                  9
                  The Forbes story on Ismaik's success may have contributed to his downfall.
                  Reuters
                  10
                  And her first task would be to bring about her lover's downfall.
                  Taken by sin
                  11
                  They'd print my downfall in blacker lines than the declaration of war.
                  The Kingdom of the Blind
                  12
                  Does Hastings ever regret that his article led to the general's downfall?
                  The Guardian
                  13
                  The Presbyterians of Scotland attributed to him the downfall of their Church.
                  The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
                  14
                  Well performed, its results brought the downfall of British supremacy in America.
                  The Story of Commodore John Barry
                  15
                  The friends of an insolently prosperous man are rejoiced in his downfall.
                  The Mystery of Orcival
                  16
                  Make no mistake, though: Gigabyte is the architect of his own downfall.
                  The South African
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