downfall
noun
[ ˈdaʊnfɔːl ]
• a loss of power, prosperity, or status.
Similar:
undoing,
ruin,
ruination,
defeat,
conquest,
vanquishing,
toppling,
deposition,
ousting,
unseating,
overthrow,
nemesis,
destruction,
annihilation,
elimination,
end,
collapse,
fall,
crash,
failure,
debasement,
degradation,
disgrace,
Waterloo,
labefaction,
• a heavy fall of rain or snow.
• "the wind was whipping up the downfall into deep drifts on the moor"
