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(cadere) to fall(irregular); un fulmine è piombato sull’albero lightning struck the tree
(assalire improvvisamente) ~ su [soldati, polizia] to fall o swoop on [persona, gruppo];
[rapace] to swoop down on o upon [preda];
[predatore] to pounce on [preda]
fig. (sprofondare) ~ in [persona] to sink into [disperazione, tristezza]; ~ nel caos to plunge into chaos
fig. (sopraggiungere all’improvviso) ~ in casa di qcn. to descend on sb.; gli piombò addosso una disgrazia he was struck by misfortune.