Definition of debacle in English:

debacle

noun deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
the only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle
Example sentencesExamples
- These two debacles take us right to the core of how service professionals handle and account for risk when they take on highly - lucrative contracts from clients.
- Drummer Larry Mullen Jr apologised to fans for the recent debacle where many fan club members were unable to buy tickets for the shows.
- The referendum debacles catch Europe at what is possibly the first time in its history when all the leaders of the big four nations are serving out their time, waiting to be replaced.
- Often the films in question turn into debacles.
- What can I say after the debacles / meltdowns by both Boston and Chicago in this week's championship series?
- The wimp-baiting from the right has gotten us into the two worst foreign policy debacles of the last half century and we have to put a stop to it.
- These minor debacles are just symptoms of a larger ailment, one that has afflicted over a century's worth of politicians on every level and for which there is no end in sight.
- After previous electoral debacles, the Conservatives bounced speedily back.
- For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs.
- The generals are intent on proving that the defeats are not debacles, and that the fall of key strategic bases is simply a ‘tactical withdrawal’.
- His handling of the debacle was masterful, saving the parent company from financial collapse.
- If this man worked in the private sector and had presided over repeated financial debacles of a similar magnitude, he would have been invited to resign years ago.
- ‘All of these were outrageous debacles undertaken for crude political reasons,’ said Mr Bruton.
- If there's one thing last fall's election debacle taught us, it's that people like to deal in absolutes.
- The full extent of those earlier debacles could be cloaked in secrecy.
- And until we straighten out what kind of information real doctors take into the examining room with them to see real patients, we're going to keep having these drug debacles one after the other.
- The debacle at Gallipoli meant the war ministry in London needed a propaganda success.
- I caution you however, to mention that the left cannot afford any more debacles that could have easily been prevented by fact checking.
- Two consecutive Election Day debacles have shaken public confidence in exit polls, once viewed as the crown jewel of political surveys.
- The government has made A-levels ever easier in an attempt to disguise the debacle, but it has failed in that too.
Synonyms
fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin
downfall, collapse, defeat, rout, overthrow, conquest, trouncing
informal foul-up, screw-up, hash, botch, washout, fail
British informal cock-up, pig's ear, car crash
North American informal snafu
vulgar slang fuck-up, balls-up

Origin

Early 19th century (in sense 'the breaking up of ice in a river'): from French débâcle, from débâcler 'unleash', from dé- 'un-' + bâcler 'to bar' (from Latin baculum 'staff').

bacterium from mid 19th century:
This modern Latin term is formed from Greek baktērion ‘little staff’; the first bacteria to be discovered were rod-shaped. The word bacillus (late 19th century), a pathogenic bacterium, also meant ‘little rod’ in late Latin. Bacillus is also behind the French word debacle, adopted into English in the early 19th century. It literally means an unbarring and was first used of the breaking of ice or other blockage in a river and its effects, and then transferred to human behaviour.

Definition of debacle in US English:

debacle

noun

A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
the economic debacle that became known as the Great Depression
Example sentencesExamples
- Often the films in question turn into debacles.
- Two consecutive Election Day debacles have shaken public confidence in exit polls, once viewed as the crown jewel of political surveys.
- If this man worked in the private sector and had presided over repeated financial debacles of a similar magnitude, he would have been invited to resign years ago.
- His handling of the debacle was masterful, saving the parent company from financial collapse.
- And until we straighten out what kind of information real doctors take into the examining room with them to see real patients, we're going to keep having these drug debacles one after the other.
- The full extent of those earlier debacles could be cloaked in secrecy.
- The government has made A-levels ever easier in an attempt to disguise the debacle, but it has failed in that too.
- If there's one thing last fall's election debacle taught us, it's that people like to deal in absolutes.
- The generals are intent on proving that the defeats are not debacles, and that the fall of key strategic bases is simply a ‘tactical withdrawal’.
- The wimp-baiting from the right has gotten us into the two worst foreign policy debacles of the last half century and we have to put a stop to it.
- The debacle at Gallipoli meant the war ministry in London needed a propaganda success.
- Drummer Larry Mullen Jr apologised to fans for the recent debacle where many fan club members were unable to buy tickets for the shows.
- After previous electoral debacles, the Conservatives bounced speedily back.
- I caution you however, to mention that the left cannot afford any more debacles that could have easily been prevented by fact checking.
- What can I say after the debacles / meltdowns by both Boston and Chicago in this week's championship series?
- For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs.
- These minor debacles are just symptoms of a larger ailment, one that has afflicted over a century's worth of politicians on every level and for which there is no end in sight.
- These two debacles take us right to the core of how service professionals handle and account for risk when they take on highly - lucrative contracts from clients.
- The referendum debacles catch Europe at what is possibly the first time in its history when all the leaders of the big four nations are serving out their time, waiting to be replaced.
- ‘All of these were outrageous debacles undertaken for crude political reasons,’ said Mr Bruton.
Synonyms
fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin

Origin

Early 19th century (in sense ‘the breaking up of ice in a river’): from French débâcle, from débâcler ‘unleash’, from dé- ‘un-’ + bâcler ‘to bar’ (from Latin baculum ‘staff’).

单词	debacle
释义	Definition of debacle in English: debacle noun deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. the only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle Example sentencesExamples These two debacles take us right to the core of how service professionals handle and account for risk when they take on highly - lucrative contracts from clients. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr apologised to fans for the recent debacle where many fan club members were unable to buy tickets for the shows. The referendum debacles catch Europe at what is possibly the first time in its history when all the leaders of the big four nations are serving out their time, waiting to be replaced. Often the films in question turn into debacles. What can I say after the debacles / meltdowns by both Boston and Chicago in this week's championship series? The wimp-baiting from the right has gotten us into the two worst foreign policy debacles of the last half century and we have to put a stop to it. These minor debacles are just symptoms of a larger ailment, one that has afflicted over a century's worth of politicians on every level and for which there is no end in sight. After previous electoral debacles, the Conservatives bounced speedily back. For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs. The generals are intent on proving that the defeats are not debacles, and that the fall of key strategic bases is simply a ‘tactical withdrawal’. His handling of the debacle was masterful, saving the parent company from financial collapse. If this man worked in the private sector and had presided over repeated financial debacles of a similar magnitude, he would have been invited to resign years ago. ‘All of these were outrageous debacles undertaken for crude political reasons,’ said Mr Bruton. If there's one thing last fall's election debacle taught us, it's that people like to deal in absolutes. The full extent of those earlier debacles could be cloaked in secrecy. And until we straighten out what kind of information real doctors take into the examining room with them to see real patients, we're going to keep having these drug debacles one after the other. The debacle at Gallipoli meant the war ministry in London needed a propaganda success. I caution you however, to mention that the left cannot afford any more debacles that could have easily been prevented by fact checking. Two consecutive Election Day debacles have shaken public confidence in exit polls, once viewed as the crown jewel of political surveys. The government has made A-levels ever easier in an attempt to disguise the debacle, but it has failed in that too. Synonyms fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin downfall, collapse, defeat, rout, overthrow, conquest, trouncing informal foul-up, screw-up, hash, botch, washout, fail British informal cock-up, pig's ear, car crash North American informal snafu vulgar slang fuck-up, balls-up Origin Early 19th century (in sense 'the breaking up of ice in a river'): from French débâcle, from débâcler 'unleash', from dé- 'un-' + bâcler 'to bar' (from Latin baculum 'staff'). bacterium from mid 19th century: This modern Latin term is formed from Greek baktērion ‘little staff’; the first bacteria to be discovered were rod-shaped. The word bacillus (late 19th century), a pathogenic bacterium, also meant ‘little rod’ in late Latin. Bacillus is also behind the French word debacle, adopted into English in the early 19th century. It literally means an unbarring and was first used of the breaking of ice or other blockage in a river and its effects, and then transferred to human behaviour. Definition of debacle in US English: debacle noun A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco. the economic debacle that became known as the Great Depression Example sentencesExamples Often the films in question turn into debacles. Two consecutive Election Day debacles have shaken public confidence in exit polls, once viewed as the crown jewel of political surveys. If this man worked in the private sector and had presided over repeated financial debacles of a similar magnitude, he would have been invited to resign years ago. His handling of the debacle was masterful, saving the parent company from financial collapse. And until we straighten out what kind of information real doctors take into the examining room with them to see real patients, we're going to keep having these drug debacles one after the other. The full extent of those earlier debacles could be cloaked in secrecy. The government has made A-levels ever easier in an attempt to disguise the debacle, but it has failed in that too. If there's one thing last fall's election debacle taught us, it's that people like to deal in absolutes. The generals are intent on proving that the defeats are not debacles, and that the fall of key strategic bases is simply a ‘tactical withdrawal’. The wimp-baiting from the right has gotten us into the two worst foreign policy debacles of the last half century and we have to put a stop to it. The debacle at Gallipoli meant the war ministry in London needed a propaganda success. Drummer Larry Mullen Jr apologised to fans for the recent debacle where many fan club members were unable to buy tickets for the shows. After previous electoral debacles, the Conservatives bounced speedily back. I caution you however, to mention that the left cannot afford any more debacles that could have easily been prevented by fact checking. What can I say after the debacles / meltdowns by both Boston and Chicago in this week's championship series? For one thing, it will force the government to produce a compelling, coherent, consistent, and persuasive account of their programs, their debacles, and their triumphs. These minor debacles are just symptoms of a larger ailment, one that has afflicted over a century's worth of politicians on every level and for which there is no end in sight. These two debacles take us right to the core of how service professionals handle and account for risk when they take on highly - lucrative contracts from clients. The referendum debacles catch Europe at what is possibly the first time in its history when all the leaders of the big four nations are serving out their time, waiting to be replaced. ‘All of these were outrageous debacles undertaken for crude political reasons,’ said Mr Bruton. Synonyms fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin Origin Early 19th century (in sense ‘the breaking up of ice in a river’): from French débâcle, from débâcler ‘unleash’, from dé- ‘un-’ + bâcler ‘to bar’ (from Latin baculum ‘staff’).
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