陥落

Meanings

1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

   subsidence; sinking; cave-in; collapse; falling in
2. fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender
3. fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
4. giving in (to someone's persuasion); yielding; being convincedColloquial

• パリは１９４０年ねんに陥落かんらくした。

  Paris fell in 1940.

• あの腕うでの立たつ若わかい棋士きしは、なかなか大胆だいたんだ。わざと、どこからも攻撃こうげきされやすいように、しかも陥落かんらくされやすいようにみせかけて、相手あいてが最もっとも予期よきしない時ときに王手おうてを決きめる。

  The talented young chess player is very bold. He deliberately lays himself open to attack, makes himself vulnerable and then checkmates his opponent when least expected.