See downfall on Wiktionary
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"word": "致命傷"
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"ref": "1977, Mina P. Shaughnessy, Errors and expectations: a guide for the teacher of basic writing:",
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"ref": "1998, Peter Vink, Ernst A. P. Koningsveld, Steven Dhondt, Human factors in organizational design and management-VI:",
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"ref": "1998, Lithuanian physics journal",
"text": "It should be noted that the magnitude of satellites decreases when tuning out of degeneracy, and in the wavelength range of 1.2-1.3 pm it downfalls to the value of 10-15% of the main spike magnitude."
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"ref": "2008, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra:",
"text": "[...] As goodly air as ever From lunar orb downfell— Be it by hazard, Or supervened it by arrogancy?",
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