debacle

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(dĭ-bä'kəl, -băk'əl, dĕb'ə-kəl) pronunciation
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.

[French débâcle, from débâcler, to unbar, from Old French desbacler : des-, de- + bacler, to bar (from Vulgar Latin *bacculāre , from Latin baculum, rod).]



pronounced day-bah-kǝl, has lost its accents in recent usage, although they are still sometimes retained in more conservative printing and writing practice.

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noun

    An abrupt disastrous failure: breakdown, collapse, crash, smash, smashup, wreck. See money.


n

Definition: catastrophe
Antonyms: boon, miracle, wonder

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - komplet fiasko, katastrofe, isopbrud, flodbølge

Nederlands (Dutch)
fiasco, ijsgang, plotselinge instorting, wilde vlucht (van leger)

Français (French)
n. - (Mil) débâcle, fiasco

Deutsch (German)
n. - Debakel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μτφ.) αιφνίδια διάλυση ή κατάρρευση, καταστροφή, πανωλεθρία, βαρύ πλήγμα, συμφορά

Italiano (Italian)
disastro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desastre (m)

Русский (Russian)
поражение

Español (Spanish)
n. - debacle, derrota, desastre, deshielo, fracaso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vild flykt, islossning

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
崩溃, 溃裂

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 崩潰, 潰裂

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 폭락, 산사태, (군대의) 도주

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 総崩れ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تكسر الجليد بقوة في النهر, اندفاع المياه بعنف, كارثه مفاجئه وهائله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮התמוטטות, כישלון, אסון, מנוסה, בהלה‬


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