downfall

Plural: downfalls

Noun

• A sudden loss of power, status, or wealth.
• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance
• A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
• The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
• An act of falling down.

Verb

• To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

Examples

• a downfall of rain
• Many economic and political reasons led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.
• The triple-letter score was his ultimate DOWNFALL, as he missed it entirely.

Synonyms

fall, precipitation, ruin, ruination, doom

Antonyms

rise