debacle
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8.5
- noun
- /dɪˈbɑːkl/
:
desastre
- The event turned into a complete debacle when the main speaker failed to show up.
- economic debacle
- political debacle
- public relations debacle
However, I had a bit of a debacle with CBS This Morning.
- However, I had a bit of a debacle with CBS This Morning.
- OK, let's get into this eyeliner debacle that I've gotten myself in.
- So Brad Geary linked us up with the whole debacle that he's going through right now.
- And it's like this whole workout filming debacle so that they can post it up on social media.
- Just this complete debacle still, you know, makes me sick to think about.
- They, they cannot have that sort of debacle happening to their, their country.
- So who's right in this whole reaction video debacle?
- None of them were the little girl I saw after that debacle.
- So hopefully that message doesn't get lost in this whole debacle.
- So one of the things we need to do is to ensure that we no longer have the kind of debacles we've seen in the last five years.
- He watched the debacle in Afghanistan and felt they're weak, they won't oppose me.
Examples
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Unfortunately, the climate change debacle was not the end of Clinton's policy woes.
Academic text (1996) -
Even now, this entire debacle can be salvaged.
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You have to see what happens in a military debacle to understand this.
Academic text (2017) -
We were becoming good friends again, as we had been before the debacle in Mexico.
Fiction book (1990) -
If nothing else, the year 2000 debacle in Florida had taught us the virtue of speed.
Fiction book (2002) -
This whole colossal debacle is a supply chain mess.
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It's a really great question because I think the Lehman Brothers debacle was actually a turning point rather than something that we should fear.
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This whole debacle was deliberately arranged by Sneaky Pete.
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A debacle of this magnitude would aid the Russians enormously.
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Nor have the cronies been taken to task for their role in the economic debacle under Marcos.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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1.0
A sudden event that causes great damage, loss, or failure
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4.1
A sudden failure, for example of a person or a building
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7.0
A sudden terrible event that causes great damage and suffering
102
4.5
A complete failure of an event or plan
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5.8
A sudden total failure that causes serious damage to a system
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6.2
A complete embarrassing failure that happens suddenly and causes big problems
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4.3
A project or event that does not succeed
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6.5
A problem that happens because of a big mistake and spoils plans
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4.7
Something that fails to work or please people
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5.1
A situation that is badly organized and full of mistakes
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3.7
A situation that is a total failure causing big problems
A thing such as a film or product that fails badly with people
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Etymology
Debacle comes from the French débâcle, a word for the sudden breaking of river ice that caused violent floods. Picture ice crashing apart and washing everything away — that image is why debacle now means a sudden, complete disaster or failure.