Downfall
Downfall noun - Something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- overthrow and downfall
- overthrow and ravaging
- annihilation and downfall
- annihilation and ravaging
- havoc and downfall
- havoc and ravaging
- destruction and downfall
- destruction and ravaging
- ruin and downfall
- ruin and ravaging
- wreck and downfall
- wreck and ravaging
- subjugation and downfall
- subjugation and ravaging
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The play tells of the downfall of the king Oedipus from his lofty position, due to hubris (pride), which seems to be the leading cause of death, despair, and destruction in Thebes.The play opens with a terrible plague ravaging Oedipus' kingdom of Thebes.
Source: Theatre / Oedipus the King
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