Down"fall` (-f&add;l`), 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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