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单词 debacle
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debaclen.

/dɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/
Forms: Also débâcle.
Etymology: < French débâcle, verbal noun < débâcler to unbar, remove a bar, < dé- = des- (see de- prefix 1f) + bâcler to bar.
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]
flush1529
shotc1540
ravine1545
cataract1634
push1782
debacle1802
startle1912
sloosh1919
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]
streamc950
water floodOE
floodc1000
waterOE
diluvya1325
waterganga1325
flowinga1340
delugec1374
diluvec1386
Noah's floodc1390
overflowing1430
inundation1432
flowa1450
surrounding1449
over-drowninga1500
spate1513
float1523
drowning1539
ravine1545
alluvion1550
surundacion1552
watershot1567
overflow1589
ravage1611
inunding1628
surroundera1642
water breach1669
flooding1799
debacle1802
diluviation1816
deluging1824
superflux1830
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]
confusionc1290
scomfit13..
cumber1303
discomfitc1330
scomfitingc1333
discomfiturea1400
scomfiturea1400
discomfitingc1405
overthrowc1440
male journey1455
overset1456
foilc1478
discomforture1485
supprise1488
reversea1529
distrage?1548
loss1548
defeat1553
underdeal1553
discomfort1589
defeatment1598
defeature1598
rufflec1600
defeatance1608
routa1616
Caudine Forks1619
disrout1623
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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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