DOWNFALL

downfall. Downfall, n. a fall, ruin, calamity, sudden change

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Down″fall′ (–fa̤l′), n. 1. 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. 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.