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downfell

downfell is the simple past of downfall.

Meaning of downfall

Verb

downfall (third-person singular simple present downfalls, present participle downfalling, simple past downfell, past participle downfallen)

  1. (intransitive) To fall down; deteriorate; decline.
    • [...] wants to make civilization his subject, he will have a hard time proceeding with the sentence unless collapse is in his active vocabulary, for he cannot say "our civilization will downfall" or "fall down."1977, Mina P. Shaughnessy, Errors and expectations: a guide for the teacher of basic writing

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Questions about downfell

What is downfell the simple past of?
Downfell is the simple past of downfall.

Words near downfell in the dictionary

  1. downfaulted
  2. downfaulting
  3. downfaults
  4. downfeather
  5. downfeathers
  6. downfell
  7. downfield
  8. downflex
  9. downflexed
  10. downflexes
  11. downflexing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: downfell (page history and authors); downfall (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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