Synonyms:
downfall, ruin, ruination
Meaning: failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
Usage examples
The downfall and death of societies are due to the power of accumulation possessed by property.
The plan was to accomplish the downfall of the Quicksand Terror without loss to the attacking party, if possible.
If I live a few years longer, I may have the satisfaction of seeing the downfall of some of the prevailing systems of superstition.' But Charon would then lose all temper and decency.
It was not over the downfall of the man, but over the defeat of the Napoleonic idea, that they rejoiced, and in this they foresaw for themselves the bright and cheering prospect of a revivified political existence.