Definition of Debacle

Noun: debacle  dee'baa-kul or di'baa-kul or dey'baa-kul

1. A disastrous or embarrassing failure
   - fiasco, débâcle
    
2. Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
   - débâcle
    
3. A sound defeat
   - thrashing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping, hammering, débâcle, smackdown [N. Amer]

See also:
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Anagrams containing the word debacle

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