| NOUN | event | downfall, ruin, ruination | failure that results in a loss of position or reputation |
|---|---|---|---|
| phenomenon | downfall, precipitation | the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist) | |
| event | downfall, fall | a sudden decline in strength or number or importance |
| Sounds | daw'nfao.l | |
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| Rhymes | albuterol ... windfall: 100 rhymes with aol... | |
| Meaning | failure that results in a loss of position or reputation. | |
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| Synonyms | ruin, ruination | |
| Narrower | finish | The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict / conflict / conflict) |
| Broader | failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
| Spanish | caída, decadencia, descenso, hundimiento, ruina | |
| Catalan | caiguda, decadència, decaïment, deperdició | |
| Meaning | The falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist). | |
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| Synonym | precipitation | |
| Parts | ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist | small crystals of ice |
| Narrower | fine spray | precipitation in very small drops |
| hail | precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents | |
| rain, rainfall | water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere | |
| sleet | partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow) | |
| snow, snowfall | precipitation falling from clouds in the form of ice crystals | |
| virga | light wispy precipitation that evaporates before it reaches the ground (especially when the lower air is low in humidity) | |
| Broader | weather, weather condition, conditions, atmospheric condition | The atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation |
| Spanish | precipitación | |
| Catalan | precipitació | |
| Meaning | A sudden decline in strength or number or importance. | |
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| Synonym | fall | |
| Narrower | anticlimax | A disappointing decline after a previous rise |
| Broader | weakening | Becoming weaker |
| Opposite | rise | A growth in strength or number or importance |
| Spanish | caída, perdición, ruina | |
| Catalan | caiguda, perdició, ruïna | |
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