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Nouns (35)

n. a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"

n. the lapse of mankind into sinfulness because of the sin of Adam and Eve; "women have been blamed ever since the Fall"

fall

n. a lapse into sin; a loss of innocence or of chastity; "a fall from virtue"

fall, downfall

n. a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"

fall, pin

n. when a wrestler's shoulders are forced to the mat

fall, autumn

n. the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"

drop, dip, fall, free fall

n. a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery"; "a dip in prices"; "when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall"

spill, tumble, fall

n. a sudden drop from an upright position; "he had a nasty spill on the ice"

capitulation, fall, surrender

n. the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort"

descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope

n. a downward slope or bend

twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle

n. the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night"

Verbs (22)

fall

v. begin vigorously; "The prisoners fell to work right away"

fall

v. touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly; "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"

fall

v. yield to temptation or sin; "Adam and Eve fell"

fall

v. go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"

fall

v. be captured; "The cities fell to the enemy"

fall

v. lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"

fall

v. lose one's chastity; "a fallen woman"

fall

v. be cast down; "his eyes fell"

fall

v. occur at a specified time or place; "Christmas falls on a Monday this year"; "The accent falls on the first syllable"

fall

v. be born, used chiefly of lambs; "The lambs fell in the afternoon"

fall, light

v. fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"

hang, fall, flow

v. fall or flow in a certain way; "This dress hangs well"; "Her long black hair flowed down her back"

precipitate, come down, fall

v. fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

devolve, fall, return, pass

v. be inherited by; "The estate fell to my sister"; "The land returned to the family"; "The estate devolved to an heir that everybody had assumed to be dead"

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Fuzzynyms (112)

drip, drip mold, drip mould

n. (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

plop

n. the noise of a rounded object dropping into a liquid without a splash

abyss, abysm

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope

n. a downward slope or bend

precipice

n. a very steep cliff

corruption, degeneracy, depravation, depravity, putrefaction

n. moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; "the luxury and corruption among the upper classes"; "moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"; "its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"; "Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"

shame, disgrace, ignominy

n. a state of dishonor; "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

ruin, ruination

n. an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"

waterloo

n. a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"

decay, decline

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

lowering

n. the act of causing to become less

reduction, simplification

n. the act of reducing complexity

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

destruction, demolition, wipeout

n. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

ruin, ruination

n. an event that results in destruction

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

seizure, ictus, raptus

n. a sudden occurrence (or recurrence) of a disease; "he suffered an epileptic seizure"

collapse

n. a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

annihilation, disintegration

n. total destruction; "bomb tests resulted in the annihilation of the atoll"

ruin, ruination

n. an event that results in destruction

end, destruction, death

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

death, dying, demise

n. the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

waterfall, falls

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

chute, slide, slideway, sloping trough

n. sloping channel through which things can descend

defeat, licking

n. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

end, destruction, death

n. a final state; "he came to a bad end"; "the so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end"

submission, compliance

n. the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another

fall

n. a movement downward; "the rise and fall of the tides"

abyss, abysm

n. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)

precipice

n. a very steep cliff

waterfall, falls

n. a steep descent of the water of a river

transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break

v. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"

yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under

v. consent reluctantly

deliver, drive home

v. carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"

disobey

v. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired"

deprecate, depreciate, vilipend

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

devalue

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

disintegrate

v. cause to undergo fission or lose particles

faint, conk, swoon, pass out

v. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

fall in

v. to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

fall

v. move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

deprecate, depreciate, vilipend

v. belittle; "The teacher should not deprecate his student's efforts"

devalue

v. lower the value or quality of; "The tear devalues the painting"

Synonyms (15)

fall for

v. be deceived, duped, or entrapped by; "He fell for her charms"; "He fell for the con man's story"

slump, fall off, sink

v. fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off"

deteriorate

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

dissolve

v. pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"

crack, check, break

v. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"

crumble, fall apart

v. break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

slip, drop off, drop away, fall away

v. get worse; "My grades are slipping"

Antonyms (18)

ascension

n. (astronomy) the rising of a star above the horizon

rise

n. a growth in strength or number or importance

increase, increment

n. the amount by which something increases; "they proposed an increase of 15 percent in the fare"

perseveration

n. the tendency for a memory or idea to persist or recur without any apparent stimulus for it

upgrade

n. hardware that provides better performance than an earlier version did

dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow

n. the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning"

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