Synonyms of the word

downfall

• n. A precipitous decline in fortune; death or rapid deterioration, as in status or wealth.
• n. The cause of such a fall; a critical blow or error.
• n. An act of falling down.
• v. (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

failure

• n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
• n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.

precipitation

• n. (meteorology) Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the…
• n. A hurried headlong fall.
• n. (countable, chemistry) A reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid;…
• n. (figuratively) Unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste.

ruin

• n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
• n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
• n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
• n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
• v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
• v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
• v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
• v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

ruination

• n. The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
• n. The act of ruining or wrecking.
• n. The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
• n. A loss of reputation.

weakening

• v. present participle of weaken.
• n. An instance or process of loss of strength.
• n. (uncountable, mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses…

weather

• n. The short term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative…
• n. Unpleasant or destructive atmospheric conditions, and their effects.
• n. (nautical) The direction from which the wind is blowing; used attributively to indicate the windward side.
• n. (countable, figuratively) A situation.
• n. (obsolete) A storm; a tempest.
• n. (obsolete) A light shower of rain.
• v. To expose to the weather, or show the effects of such exposure, or to withstand such effects.
• v. (by extension) To sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against and overcome; to endure; to resist.
• v. To breakdown, of rocks and other materials, under the effects of exposure to rain, sunlight, temperature,…
• v. (nautical) To pass to windward in a vessel, especially to beat 'round.
• v. (nautical) To endure or survive an event or action without undue damage.
• v. (falconry) To place (a hawk) unhooded in the open air.