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[ dey-bah-kuhl, -bak-uhl, duh- ] / deɪˈbɑ kəl, -ˈbæk əl, də- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR debacle ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout: The revolution ended in a debacle. a complete collapse or failure. a breaking up of ice in a river.Compare embacle. a violent rush of waters or ice. Origin of debacle1795–1805; <French débâcle, derivative of débâcler to unbar, clear, equivalent to dé-dis-1 + bâcler to bar ≪ Latin baculum stick, rod SYNONYMS FOR debacle2 disaster, ruin, fiasco, catastrophe, calamity. SEE SYNONYMS FOR debacle ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby debacledeattribution, Deauville, deave, deb, de-Baathification, debacle, debag, De Bakey, debanding, debar, debark Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for debacle“I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said Padre Goyo. Mexico’s Holy Warrior Against the Cartels|Jason McGahan|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST During this debacle, she read some medical literature on self-dehydration. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the event, debacle that it was, Kennedy refused to listen to them. The CIA’s Wrong: Arming Rebels Works|Christopher Dickey|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST After this debacle, my friend and I ordered The Artist out of revenge. Prisoners Get Cultural Fix with 8-Tracks and Bootleg Cassettes|Daniel Genis|August 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, the Crash over Brokeback Mountain debacle fits into this same rant. The Worst Oscar Winners, From ‘Rocky’ and ‘Crash’ to Gwyneth Paltrow|Kevin Fallon, Marlow Stern|February 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Kitty's youth would shore up the debacle, suspend it indefinitely. The Drums Of Jeopardy|Harold MacGrath And within him there was a sort of debacle; all his doubts, all his anguish and sadness burst forth in an irresistible stream. The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete|Emile Zola How long would it be before we reached this stage of debacle? Our Elizabeth|Florence A. Kilpatrick The debacle that follows his return to India with so impossible a bride is told in a way that convinces. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 153, Dec. 5, 1917|Various He had decided to make a fortune of some sort after the first bitter rage over his debacle at Webster had abated in his heart.
British Dictionary definitions for debacle
nouna sudden disastrous collapse or defeat, esp one involving a disorderly retreat; rout the breaking up of ice in a river during spring or summer, often causing flooding a violent rush of water carrying along debris Word Origin for debacleC19: from French débâcle, from Old French desbacler to unbolt, ultimately from Latin baculum rod, staff Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to debaclebreakdown, devastation, crash, disaster, wreck, drubbing, rout, fiasco, downfall, failure, reversal, defeat, beating, collapse, ruination, smash, ruin, licking, havoc, overthrow |