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.

 

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