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de·ba·cle
debacle
pronunciation:
d
ba
k
l
[or]
d
bae
k
l
part of speech:
noun
definition 1:
a sudden collapse into disaster; downfall.
The stock market crash of 1929 caused an economic debacle.
similar words:
downfall
definition 2:
a complete failure, often deserving ridicule; fiasco.
He was so nervous that his first concert was a debacle.
definition 3:
a torrent of rushing water or broken-up ice, as on a river; flood.
The poor animals were caught up in the debacle and drowned.
similar words:
cataract
related words:
affair
,
bungle
,
cataclysm
,
catastrophe
,
deluge
,
disaster
,
failure
,
overthrow
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