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as in downfall
something that is the cause of one's ultimate failure or loss of life an intractable drug habit proved to be her sad undoing

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verb

present participle of undo
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Recent Examples of undoing
Noun
His evil-doing becomes his untimely undoing and merely bridges gaps to allow other, more powerful forces of change (for better or worse) to rise around him. EW.com, 4 Oct. 2024 In this simple but alarming statement, Dr. Virginia Wells highlighted a significant issue in contemporary organizations that could be our very undoing. Sam Rockwell, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 On the contrary, Perry’s fame and fortune may well have been his undoing. Jason McGahan, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Sep. 2024 And while the series peers into various factors that contributed to Aaron Hernandez’s undoing, the man himself remains a cipher: driven by desires, and pressured by his ascent from poor teen to rich celebrity at warp speed. Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for undoing 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undoing
Noun
  • Some of the men whose downfalls were celebrated during the height of the #MeToo movement have been welcomed back with open arms.
    Julie Roginsky, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Presley remarried and, using IVF, had twin daughters at 40 — which, oddly, marked the beginning of a long downfall.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Though the scale of the problem can feel paralyzing, many solutions are known.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
  • In 2007, after Estonia removed a Soviet war monument from downtown Tallinn, Russia conducted a massive cyberattack, paralyzing the country’s internet infrastructure for three weeks.
    Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • Is the trend of sales taking a route that is bothering you?
    Hitendra Patil, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In many cases, states have stopped bothering to make legal justifications at all, the Human Rights Committee report warned.
    Anna Mulrine Grobe, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • But amid the stories of destruction and despair, the film also promises a vision of a better world, of a future where Israelis and Palestinians, like the directors of this documentary, can work together towards justice and freedom.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Tornado-spawning thunderstorms leave a path of destruction across Oklahoma.
    Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.
    John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.
    Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Of course, the relationship could be less about the oil price itself and more about investors worrying over the burgeoning conflict between Iran and Israel.
    Jesse Pound, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • But the writers who spoke with Rolling Stone say McMahon’s intimidating behavior was not just for show.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Libby also often hiked the Monon High Bridge trail and was never scared to cross the bridge, which is famous and intimidating for its height and the big gaps between the wooden steps.
    Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024

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“Undoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undoing. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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