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- DEBACLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
After all, when it was first used in English, debacle referred to the literal breaking up of ice (such as the kind that occurs in a river after a long, cold winter), as well as to the rush of ice or water that follows such an event Eventually, it was also used to mean “a violent, destructive flood ”
- DEBACLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Use debacle to refer to a fiasco, disaster, or great failure If several dogs run onto the field during the big baseball game, tripping players and chewing up the bases, you can call the whole event a debacle
- DEBACLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
DEBACLE definition: 1 a complete failure, especially because of bad planning and organization: 2 a complete failure… Learn more
- debacle noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of debacle noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes people to feel ashamed or embarrassed He should take responsibility for the debacle and resign Let’s hope this is the end of the debacle over player transfer fees
- DEBACLE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure People believed it was a privilege to die for your country, but after the debacle of the war they never felt the same again
- debacle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun debacle (plural debacles) (figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences [from early 19th c ] Synonym: fiasco
- Debacle - definition of debacle by The Free Dictionary
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 "
- debacle - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
de•ba•cle (dā bä′ kəl, -bak′ əl, də-), n sudden downfall or rout: The revolution ended in a debacle a complete collapse or failure a breaking up of ice in a river Cf embacle a violent rush of waters or ice 2 disaster, ruin, fiasco, catastrophe, calamity
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