'Debacle' definitions:
Definition of 'debacle'
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Definition of 'Debacle'
From: GCIDE
- Debacle \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.]
- 1. (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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'debacle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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