Downfall
Downfall noun - Something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| similar | similar downfall | similar fate |
| specific | specific downfall | specific fate |
| complete | complete downfall | complete fate |
| future | future downfall | future fate |
| Other adjectives: original, true, due, brutal, real, unfortunate, tragic, potential, ultimate, frequent, possible, final, later, mysterious, inevitable, subsequent, eventual, literal. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In the end, his efforts to change his fate became the very beginning of his downfall (Shen's parents banished him out for it) and sets up the chain of events that will fulfill this prophecy.
Source: You Can't Fight Fate -
Wham Line: "I'm looking for a student named Palpatine." This simple query to a Naboo collegial receptionist sets the downfall of the Republic and Jedi in motion, and sealed Plagueis' own fate.
Source: Literature / Darth Plagueis - This is the fate of General Volitional Twelve near the end of the novel for trying to warn The Beloved of her eventual downfall due to her interactions with humans.
Source: Literature / Angel Station
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