Downfall

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; as, the senator's unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall. Dire were the consequences which would follow the downfall of so important a place. - Motley.

Noun	1.	downfall - failure that results in a loss of position or reputation Synonyms: ruination, ruin
	2.	downfall - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) Synonyms: precipitation
	3.	downfall - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg" Synonyms: fall

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