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Noun
▲
A significant or total loss of power, prosperity, or status
ruin
fall
destruction
undoing
overthrow
ruination
collapse
disgrace
decline
defeat
descent
end
failure
unseating
vanquishing
annihilation
breakdown
conquest
crash
death
debasement
declension
declination
degeneracy
degeneration
demise
deterioration
devolution
ousting
toppling
comedown
comeuppance
decadence
degradation
deposition
eclipse
elimination
flameout
labefaction
nemesis
Waterloo
bane
debacle
doom
loss of power
loss of prosperity
loss of status
road to ruin
rack and ruin
more ❯
“Harvey's downfall can, arguably, be traced to Rose's stinging accusations, despite the fact that she primarily points the finger at Don.”
Noun
▲
A reduction in amount or value
reduction
abatement
decline
decrease
drop
lessening
decrement
diminishment
downgrade
contraction
curtailment
cut
cutback
cutting
degradation
devaluation
diminution
ebb
fall
falloff
loss
lowering
deduction
depletion
depression
minimization
minimisingUK
minimizingUS
shrinkage
dilution
discount
markdown
more ❯
“At the same time, the government-run educational institutions have seen a downfall in the quality of education being imparted.”
Noun
▲
A heavy fall of rain
deluge
downpour
rain
rainfall
storm
rainstorm
cloudburst
wet
thunderstorm
shower
torrent
precipitation
monsoon
drizzle
raindrops
squall
precip
drencher
flood
mizzle
rainwater
showers
Scotch mist
torrential rain
torrent of rain
driving rain
cat-and-dog weather
wet weather
cloudbust
inundation
more ❯
“We ran for cover to shelter ourselves from the heavy, and sudden, downfall.”
Noun
▲
A deterioration or worsening in condition, structure or quality
decay
deterioration
decline
degeneration
descent
fall
degradation
weakening
collapse
decaying
ebbing
decadence
ebb
declension
degeneracy
devolution
dilapidation
disintegration
enfeeblement
debilitation
ruin
atrophy
decrease
disrepair
debasement
dwindling
waning
decrepitude
ruination
failure
dissolution
crumbling
lapse
extinction
depreciation
fading
failing
slipping
shrinking
falloff
adulteration
impairment
blight
dying
mortification
falling-off
more ❯
Noun
▲
An event or enterprise that ends disastrously or humiliatingly
debacle
failure
fiasco
flop
disaster
catastrophe
dud
lemon
bust
fizzle
clunker
turkey
clinker
bummer
bomb
miss
shipwreck
fail
collapse
botch
mess
hash
wreck
shambles
breakdown
frost
rout
loser
snafu
crash
ruination
misfortune
disintegration
farce
reversal
defeasance
dissolution
havoc
smash
smashup
massacree
foul-up
screw-up
balls-up
car crash
crack-up
blue ruin
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of deposing someone, especially a monarch
deposition
ousting
discharge
expulsion
dismissal
unseating
removal
dethronement
firing
sacking
ejection
ouster
toppling
defenestration
supplanting
dethroning
overthrow
overturning
deposal
demotion
displacement
ejecting
expelling
impeachment
unfrocking
turfing out
driving out
drumming out
forcing out
removal from office
throwing out
axeUK
axUS
more ❯
Noun
▲
An event resulting in great loss
calamity
disaster
misfortune
catastrophe
tragedy
affliction
mishap
adversity
tribulation
setback
trial
blow
misadventure
hardship
accident
reverse
cataclysm
woe
distress
debacle
mischance
scourge
crisis
ruin
blight
wretchedness
apocalypse
cross
collapse
evil
bale
wreck
waterloo
nakba
curtains
mischanter
reversal of fortune
stroke of bad luck
reverse of fortune
car crash
the worst
devastating blow
holy mess
unholy mess
blue ruin
more ❯
Noun
▲
The prevention or failure of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
impediment
failure
defeat
collapse
hindrance
foundering
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
quashing
scotching
crippling
stifling
disintegration
disruption
hitch
blow
contravention
crumbling
crumpling
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
ruin
ruination
scuppering
unfulfillment
frustration
cessation
cropper
nonsuccess
breakdown
falling apart
falling through
fizzling out
conking out
falling to pieces
lack of success
more ❯
Noun
▲
A cause of great distress or annoyance
bane
plague
scourge
affliction
curse
bother
pest
nuisance
trial
annoyance
trouble
pain
headache
tribulation
torment
calamity
burden
blight
irritation
misery
misfortune
ruin
woe
menace
destruction
undoing
nemesis
nightmare
hardship
evil
ruination
torture
disaster
suffering
distress
death
despair
cross to bear
bitter pill
bête noire
bête noir
fatal attraction
waterloo
Waterloo
Noun
▲
Something that impedes, or stands in the way of, progress
disappointment
setback
drawback
obstacle
adversity
hitch
barrier
blow
blunder
complication
difficulty
encumbrance
glitch
hiccup
hindrance
hurdle
impasse
impediment
issue
misfortune
problem
upset
defeat
delay
discouragement
handicap
hardship
holdback
holdup
inconvenience
obstruction
slip
snag
bummer
crimp
disadvantage
error
inefficacy
knock
mishap
reversal
trammel
bafflement
block
cramp
miscalculation
mischance
mistake
whammy
body blow
hold-up
bitter pill
catch-22
hang-up
knock-back
stroke of bad luck
stumbling block
fly in the ointment
piece of bad luck
reversal of fortune
bit of trouble
monkey wrench
kick in the teeth
spanner in the works
one in the eye
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act, process or result of causing significant damage to something
destruction
devastation
ruin
elimination
ruination
wreckage
abolition
demolition
dismantling
defacing
demolishment
end
extirpation
shattering
smashing
crushing
disintegrating
levelingUS
levellingUK
ravaging
razing
spoiling
spoliation
undoing
wrecking
blighting
damage
death
desolation
disfigurement
felling
impairment
marring
overthrow
scarring
wasting
wipeout
abolishing
blasting
bombing
crashing
dissolving
dynamiting
extinguishing
harm
havoc
injury
invalidating
invalidation
torpedoing
violation
zapping
blowing up
breaking up
knocking down
pulling down
rooting out
tearing down
laying waste
razing to the ground
more ❯
Noun
▲
A heavy defeat in a contest
thrashing
beating
trouncing
rout
defeat
drubbing
licking
overthrow
pasting
massacre
annihilation
hammering
shellacking
hiding
loss
slaughter
clobbering
caning
subjugation
vanquishment
demolition
pounding
trashing
waxing
collapse
embarrassment
killing
fall
destruction
downthrow
whaling
battering
thumping
walloping
ruin
mauling
breakdown
KO
nonsuccess
overwhelming defeat
going-over
crushing defeat
more ❯
Noun
▲
A critical vulnerability that can be exploited by rivals
Achilles heel
vulnerability
underbelly
susceptibility
chink
jugular
kryptonite
undoing
back
weak spot
weak point
soft spot
soft underbelly
weak link
vulnerable spot
damaging weakness
tender spot
vulnerable point
heel of Achilles
chink in the armor
fatal flaw
failing
hamartia
weakness
tragic flaw
trouble
blight
misfortune
curse
limitation
flaw
drawback
fault
failing flaw
affliction
weakest link
weak side
weak area
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