Humiliation of Democrat on personal trip (8)
I believe the answer is:
downfall
'humiliation of democrat on personal trip' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'democrat on personal trip' is the wordplay.
'democrat' becomes 'd'.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'personal' becomes 'own' (eg one's own possessions are personal possessions).
'trip' becomes 'fall' (fall is a kind of trip).
'd'+'own'+'fall'='DOWNFALL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for downfall that I've seen before include "Cloudburst" , "Failure (after successful career?)" , "Ruin, humiliation" , "heavy rain" , "Loss of power or prosperity, a serious tumble" .)