- downfall, ruin, ruination - failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
--1 is a kind of failure
--1 has particulars: finish - precipitation, downfall - the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)
--2 is a kind of weather, weather condition, atmospheric condition
--2 has parts:
--2 has particulars:ice crystal, snow mist, diamond dust, poudrin, ice needle, frost snow, frost mist fine spray; hail; rain, rainfall; sleet; snow, snowfall; virga - fall, downfall - a sudden decline in strength or number or importance; "the fall of the House of Hapsburg"
--3 is a kind of weakening
--3 has particulars: anticlimax