debaclen.
/dɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/ 1. A breaking up of ice in a river; in Geology a sudden deluge or violent rush of water, which breaks down opposing barriers, and carries before it blocks of stone and other debris.
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the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > sudden rush of water > [noun]
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debacle1802
startle1912
sloosh1919
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]
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water floodOE
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waterOE
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debacle1802
diluviation1816
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whelm1842
come1862
floodage1862
sheet-flood1897
flash flooding1939
flash-flood1940
the world > the earth > water > ice > body of ice > [noun] > breaking up of ice in river
debacle1893
1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 402 Valleys are so particularly constructed as to carry with them a still stronger refutation of the existence of a debacle.
1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 158 They could have been transported by no other force than that of a tremendous deluge or debacle of water.
1893 Daily Tel. 1 Feb. The debacle in the United States..Telegrams state that the breaking up of the ice is being attended with great damage.
2. transferred and figurative. A sudden breaking up or downfall; a confused rush or rout, a stampede.
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society > armed hostility > defeat > [noun]
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scomfit13..
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routa1616
Caudine Forks1619
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conviction1631
bang1644
derout1644
conquest1677
drubbing1769
check1793
thrashing1797
sauve-qui-peut1815
debacle1847
smash1888
pasting1942
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > defeat or overthrow > [noun] > sudden
debacle1847
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > violent > an act or instance of > of persons in a body
stampede1846
debacle1847
bum rush1987
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxxii. 277 The Brunswickers were routed and had fled.. It was a general debâcle.
1887 Graphic 15 Jan. 59/2 In the nightly débâcle [he] is often content to stand aside.
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