downfalls

plural of downfall
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as in ruins
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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as in rains
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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Recent Examples of downfalls The Bills defense, one of the downfalls, did get the stop needed in this one and held off a late scoring drive. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 Rodriguez doesn’t seem too concerned about the potential of any downfalls in communicating calls on the field. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2026 Thematic methodologies have been one of the downfalls of contemporary museology (and art history) generally, a crisis of collective memory and the historical imagination overall. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 But the Explorer’s acceleration is loud, prompting one of the vehicle’s few engine downfalls. — James Raia, Mercury News, 5 July 2026 What appears to be a series of dramatic personal downfalls is in fact part of a broader pattern shaped by the country’s political system. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 May 2026 Lushly photographed and boosted by a few killer tracks, Daisy Jones & the Six delivers the lurid delights and downfalls of a satisfying behind-the-music tale. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026 Now, as crypto analysts speculate whether further downfalls are in Bitcoin’s future, crypto bros are struggling to maintain a cohesive narrative in the face of such epic volatility. — Joe Wilkins Published Jan 29, Futurism, 29 Jan. 2026 One of the Miami Hurricanes’ biggest downfalls last season was their lack of cornerback depth, and how quickly that was exposed as soon as injuries hit. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for downfalls
Noun
  • As the lake dries, the ruins of one of 11 villages that had been inundated by the reservoir have emerged, as alarm grows over the need for alternative water supplies for the city of 42 million.
    — EDNA TARIGAN, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
  • The vast majority of Palestinians continue to live in tent camps or ruins of their former homes.
    — Matthew Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • SpaceX, the commercial spaceflight company Musk founded in 2002, has endured a few more fiery demises of the mammoth Starship rocket since that explosive debut.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 May 2026
  • No reason was provided for the shops’ demises.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 26 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Hurricane Nolo is moving away from Hawaii after bringing strong winds and heavy rains to the Big Island this weekend.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
  • With the rains the park has had lately, the leaves were relaxed and not curled into their dry weather posture.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • This opaqueness from earlier in the season pays off in the form of John recounting the brutal methods the Manhunter used to decimate this planet, involving a fear gas that made people kill one another and jump to their deaths.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Mostly forgotten in all of this is the impact of these deaths on the humans rescuing them in Chicago.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
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  • Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.
    — Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
    — Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Shelford addressed the deckhand’s absence during the episode as his crew grappled with a series of setbacks.
    — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2026
  • But during the shutdown, Brightline ended the deal with Branson’s Virgin Group, saying that the company’s reputation had diminished as a result of financial setbacks.
    — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The atmosphere will support a few stronger storms capable of gusty winds, small hail, frequent lightning and brief heavy rainfall, but widespread severe weather is not expected.
    — Michael Autovino, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • There were also notably fewer cancellations than during other major storms.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Downfalls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downfalls. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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