Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with downfall in American Collocation
eventual
final
ultimate
Napoleon’s ultimate downfall was due to the forces that the Revolution had unleashed and Napoleon accelerated.
cause someone or something’s downfall
bring about
cause
hasten
lead to
prove
He was at the centre of a religious controversy which was to prove his eventual downfall.
plan secretly to cause someone or something’s downfall
engineer
plot
Many of the group’s members had been actively plotting his downfall.