| slovo | definícia |
downfall
(encz) | downfall,pád n: Zdeněk Brož |
downfall
(encz) | downfall,zhroucení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Downfall
(gcide) | Downfall \Down"fall`\ (doun"f[add]l`), n.
1. A sudden fall; a body of things falling.
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Those cataracts or downfalls aforesaid. --Holland.
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Each downfall of a flood the mountains pour.
--Dryden.
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2. A sudden descent from rank or state, reputation or
happiness; destruction; ruin; as, the senator's
unrestrained sexual escapades led to his downfall.
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Dire were the consequences which would follow the
downfall of so important a place. --Motley.
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downfall
(wn) | downfall
n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn: downfall, ruin, ruination]
2: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or
hail or sleet or mist) [syn: precipitation, downfall]
3: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the
fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: fall, downfall]
[ant: rise] |
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downfall
(encz) | downfall,pád n: Zdeněk Broždownfall,zhroucení n: Zdeněk Brož |
downfallen
(encz) | downfallen,spadlý adj: Zdeněk Broždownfallen,zničený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Downfallen
(gcide) | Downfallen \Down"fall`en\ (doun"f[add]l`'n), a.
Fallen; ruined. --Carew.
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Downfalling
(gcide) | Downfalling \Down"fall`ing\, a.
Falling down.
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downfall
(wn) | downfall
n 1: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
[syn: downfall, ruin, ruination]
2: the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or
hail or sleet or mist) [syn: precipitation, downfall]
3: a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the
fall of the House of Hapsburg" [syn: fall, downfall]
[ant: rise] |
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