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downfall
Synonyms and Antonyms of downfall
- An insatiable love of money would be their downfall.
kiss of death
- the gradual downfall of the Roman Empire
breakup, crumbling, decomposition, disintegration, dissolution
decimation, demolishment, demolition, desolation, destruction, havoc, ruin, ruination
abatement, decrease, decrement, de-escalation, deflation, diminishment, diminution, dip, downslide, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, falloff, loss, lowering, reduction, sag, shrinkage, slip, slump
- an ill-advised speech that proved to be the cause of the candidate's downfall
- We ducked under an overhang to shelter ourselves from the sudden downfall.
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