downfalls
Causes of collapse
Downfalls is the plural of downfall—a sudden loss of power, status, or success, or the cause of such a loss.
A politician's downfall might be a scandal; a company's downfall might be poor management.
Pride and arrogance were his downfalls.
The word often appears in cautionary contexts about what leads to ruin.
Sudden structural failure
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- undoingCause of destruction
- demiseCessation of existence
- destructionAct of completely ruining
defeat · fall · decline · disgrace · catastrophe · doom · end · unraveling
collapse
Sudden structural failure
destruction · defeat · fall · decline · disgrace · catastrophe · doom · end · unraveling · implosion
hubris
Ruinous excessive confidence
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- arroganceExcessive self-importance
- corruptionDishonest abuse of power
addiction · pride · ambition · temptation · vice · weakness · folly · betrayal · naivety · overconfidence
cascade
Successive downward flow
torrent · plunge · cliff · gorge · mist · spray · pool · precipice · chasm · rushing
downfallstriumphs
Overwhelming victories
achievements · accomplishments · glories · conquests · high points
downfallstriumphs
Overwhelming victories
victories · successes · achievements · accomplishments · breakthroughs