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Debacle   /dəbˈɑkəl/   Listen
Debacle

noun
1.
A sudden and violent collapse.  Synonym: fiasco.
2.
Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer.
3.
A sound defeat.  Synonyms: drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping.






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"Debacle" Quotes from Famous Books



... Street. In overwhelming numbers, fully equipped, and with elated morale, they began the pursuit of the shattered Americans. The detachment of Continentals left at Kip's Bay to oppose the landing had fled without firing a shot. Washington, watching the debacle, had spurred his horse furiously forward, striking the men with the flat of his sword, lashing them with his tongue, in vain attempt to stop the panic. He was on the point of advancing alone when his bridle-rein was seized by a young officer. In an instant, again ...
— Fifth Avenue • Arthur Bartlett Maurice



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