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1
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life
- an insatiable love of money would be their downfall
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2
a change to a lower state or level
- the gradual downfall of the Roman Empire
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3
a loss of status
- an ill-advised speech that proved to be the cause of the candidate's downfall
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4
a steady falling of water from the sky in significant quantity
- we ducked under an overhang to shelter ourselves from the sudden downfall
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