Synonyms for downfall
ˈdaʊnˌfɔldown·fall

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1. downfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   fall

2. downfallnoun

   To fall down; deteriorate; decline.

   Many economic and political reasons led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.

   Synonyms:
   fall

3. downfallnoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   fall

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1. downfall, ruin, ruinationnoun

   failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

   Synonyms:
   fall, ruination, ruining, precipitation, ruin, wrecking, laying waste, dilapidation

2. precipitation, downfallnoun

   the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

   Synonyms:
   fall, ruination, ruin, precipitation, hurriedness, haste, hurry, hastiness

3. fall, downfallnoun

   a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

   "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

   Synonyms:
   gloam, ruination, autumn, declension, drop, pin, surrender, gloaming, precipitation, crepuscle, descent, capitulation, decline, declination, ruin, downslope, declivity, dip, fall, tumble, crepuscule, dusk, free fall, spill, evenfall, nightfall, twilight

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1. • Failure
   • Weakening
   • Weather

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1. downfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   ruin, destruction, fall

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1. downfallnoun

   Synonyms:
   downcome, descent, reverse, abasement, humiliation

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1. List of paraphrases for "downfall":

   fall, collapse, drop, undoing, ruin, decline, demise, overthrow

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1. Giveon:

   Saturday weeknesses may be my downfall someday.

2. Nick Pendergrast:

   My one big takeaway from this whole process would to be a little bit more selfless and kind of think about other people, think about how other people are going to interpret what you are saying and then how they are going to react to it. Also marriage is not hard, but it’s definitely not easy and sometimes it takes a little bit to stop think about it and talk about it and really discuss things. Communication is my downfall.

3. Martha Karolyi:

   It’s hard for a country to stay on top for so many years, so I do believe there will be a little bit of a downfall but then go back up again because there will be that cultural change that you’ll have to go through. I don’t think the results will always be the same because so much will be going on at one time when you can’t get control of it. That’s my only worry.

4. Farris Wilks:

   America has always been a land of opportunity. Its the one place on earth where you can go from building brick walls in the Texas heat to the kind of success my brother and I have achieved, ted Cruz believes in the opportunity society, he believes in the dignity of hard work, and hes not afraid to fight for what he believes in. The Wilkses are not the only billionaires backing Cruz. Reclusive hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer gave $11 million; Texas energy investor Toby Neugebauer gave $10 million. Mercer has declined to comment on why he is supporting Cruz, while Neugebauer backs Cruz for his track record promoting conservative causes and opposing the federal debt. Despite the large donations, Cruz is not among the leaders of the Republican race. A Reuters/Ipsos poll on Sept. 8 showed him in fourth place among Republican voters at 5.5 percent, tied with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. . PRAYING FOR CRUZ. The day after President Barack Obama won a second term, I was pretty bummed out, Farris Wilks told congregants in a sermon on Nov. 7, 2012, a recording of which was provided by Peter Montgomery, a senior fellow with the equal rights group People for the American Way. I do believe that our country died that Tuesday night, Wilks said. Less than a year later, Farris found himself in the ballroom of the Marriott Hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, where Cruz stood with head bowed in a prayer circle, surrounded by evangelical Christians. Cruz was among the political headliners at a Pastors and Pews conference, an annual, closed-door affair that now occurs in roughly 14 states and is organized by Christian nationalist David Lane. The born-again Lane, a self-described former wild man of drugs, wine, women and song, believes the Bible should be the primary textbook in public schools and that judges who favor same-sex marriage should be impeached. He says people who embrace homosexual marriage, along with pagan public schools, pagan higher learning and pagan media, are creating Americas downfall with their multiracial false gods. One of Lanes major aims is to motivate at least 1,000 pastors to run for office in 2016. Polling shows there are 65 million to 80 million evangelical Christians but only a quarter of them vote. Getting 5 percent more registered and voting would, according to Lane, put a conservative in the White House. Asked about the Wilks brothers' financial support for Cruz, Lane said in an interview:.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   If stock market does not pick up steadily now then around it will plunge very steeply around 1:30 pm to shock all. If this stock price downfall continues for another 1 month, 75% brokers offices will be closed and unemployment will be all time high of the history