What does 陥る mean?
陥る is a Japanese verb meaning “to fall into (e.g. a hole)” in English. It can also be translated as “to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.)” depending on context. It is written as 陥る in kanji, おちいる in hiragana, and ochiiru in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
Example sentence
これが原因でたいていの街の浴場は困難な状態に陥った。
This caused most of the local bath-houses to fall on hard times.