What is another word for tumbling down?

Pronunciation: [tˈʌmblɪŋ dˈa͡ʊn] (IPA)

"Tumbling down" is a phrase that is often used to describe the collapse or destruction of a physical structure. However, there are a variety of synonyms that can be used to describe this event. Some options include "crashing down," "falling apart," "caving in," "collapsing," and "toppling over." Each of these phrases conveys a sense of suddenness and force, as well as an overall sense of destruction. Whether used in a literal or figurative sense, these synonyms are useful tools for writers looking to add vivid imagery and emotion to their work.

What are the hypernyms for Tumbling down?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Tumbling down

  • There had been a lot of death in the newspapers lately. [...] and then before Christmas that Pan Am Flight 103 ripping open like a rotten melon five miles above Scotland and dropping all these bodies and flaming wreckage all over the golf course and the streets of this little town like Glockamorra, what was its real name, Lockerbie. Imagine sitting there in your seat being lulled by the hum of the big Rolls-Royce engines and the stewardesses bringing the clinking drinks caddy and the feeling of having caught the plane and nothing to do now but relax and then with a roar and a giant ripping noise and scattered screams this whole cozy world dropping away and nothing under you but black space and your chest squeezed by the terrible unbreathable cold, that cold you can scarcely believe is there but that you sometimes actually feel still packed into the suitcases, stored in the unpressurised hold, when you unpack your clothes, the dirty underwear and beach towels with the merciless chill of death from outer space still in them. [...] Those bodies with hearts pumping tumbling down in the dark. How much did they know as they fell, through air dense like tepid water, tepid gray like this terminal where people blow through like dust in an air duct, to the airline we're all just numbers on the computer, one more or less, who cares? A blip on the screen, then no blip on the screen. Those bodies tumbling down like wet melon seeds.
    John Updike
  • After tumbling down the mountain, a stone lies in a valley. How did it fall away? Right now, no-one knows. Did it tear from the heights on its own? Or was it cast down by the will of another? Aeons have flowed by, yet no-one knows the reason why.
    Fyodor Tyutchev

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