debacle

de·ba·cle

D0061300 (dĭ-bä′kəl, -băk′əl, dĕb′ə-kəl)n.1. A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.2. A total, often ludicrous failure.3. The breaking up of ice in a river.4. A violent flood.

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[French débâcle, from débâcler, to unbar, from Old French desbacler : des-, de- + bacler, to bar (from Vulgar Latin *bacculāre, from Latin baculum, rod; see bak- in Indo-European roots).]

debacle

(deɪˈbɑːkəl; dɪ-) n1. (Military) a sudden disastrous collapse or defeat, esp one involving a disorderly retreat; rout2. (Environmental Science) the breaking up of ice in a river during spring or summer, often causing flooding3. (Environmental Science) a violent rush of water carrying along debris[C19: from French débâcle, from Old French desbacler to unbolt, ultimately from Latin baculum rod, staff]

de•ba•cle

(dəˈbɑ kəl, -ˈbæk əl, deɪ-)

n. 1. a disaster or fiasco. 2. a general rout or dispersal of troops. 3. a breaking up of ice in a river. [1795–1805; < French débâcle, derivative of débâcler to unbar, clear =dé- dis-¹ + bâcler to bar « Latin baculum stick, rod]

debacle

- Comes from French debacler, "to unbar, free," with the root sense being "to shatter with one's rod"; its original meaning was "a breaking-up of ice in a river" or a "sudden flood or rush of water carrying debris."See also related terms for rush.

Debacle

 a confused rush or route; a violent rush of water.Example: a debacle of water, 1823.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	debacle - a sudden and violent collapsefiascocollapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
	2.	debacle - flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summerflood, inundation, alluvion, deluge - the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations"
	3.	debacle - a sound defeat thrashing, trouncing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, whippingdefeat, licking - an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

debacle

débâclenoun disaster, catastrophe, fiasco the convention was a debacle

debacle

nounAn abrupt disastrous failure:breakdown, collapse, crash, smash, smashup, wreck.

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