Definition of Downfell
Down"fall` (-f&add;l`), n.
1. A sudden fall; a body of things
falling.
Those cataracts or downfalls
aforesaid. Holland.
Each downfall of a flood the mountains
pour. Dryden.
2. A sudden descent from rank or state,
reputation or happiness; destruction; ruin.
Dire were the consequences which would follow the
downfall of so important a place.
Motley.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a precipitous decline in fortune; a rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth
- the cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error
- It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead. -- Orson Scott Card
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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