About The Word Debacle
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Debacle
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What's The Definition Of Debacle?
[n] a sudden and violent collapse
[n] a sound defeat [n] flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer Synonyms | Synonyms for Debacle: drubbing | fiasco | slaughter | thrashing | trouncing | walloping | whipping Related Terms | Find terms related to Debacle: beating | bloodless revolution | bouleversement | breakdown | breaking up | breakup | cascade | cataclysm | cataract | catastrophe | cave | cave-in | chute | clean slate | clean sweep | collapse | comedown | computer revolution | conquering | conquest | convulsion | counterrevolution | crack-up | crash | deathblow | declension | declination | defeasance | defeat | defluxion | descending | descension | descent | destruction | disaster | down | downbend | downcome | downcurve | downfall | downflow | downgrade | downpour | downrush | downtrend | downturn | downward trend | drop | dropping | drubbing | failure | fall | falling | gravitation | hiding | inclination | lambasting | lathering | licking | mastery | overcoming | overthrow | overturn | palace revolution | plummeting | pounce | quietus | radical change | rapids | revolt | revolution | revolutionary war | revulsion | rout | ruin | shellacking | shipwreck | smash | smashup | spasm | stoop | striking alteration | subdual | subduing | subjugation | subversion | sweeping change | swoop | tabula rasa | technological revolution | thrashing | total change | total loss | transilience | trimming | trouncing | undoing | upset | vanquishment | violent change | washout | waterfall | Waterloo | whipping | wrack | wreck See Also | alluvion | collapse | defeat | deluge | flood | inundation | licking Debacle In Webster's Dictionary \De*ba"cle\, n. [F. d['e]b[^a]cle, fr. d['e]b[^a]cler to
unbar, break loose; pref. d['e]- (prob. = L. dis) + b[^a]cler
to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick.] (Geol.)
A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of
waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward
and disperses blocks of stone and other d['e]bris.
\De*ba"cle\, n. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. |
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