Down"fall` (?), 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 1913.