debacle (n.)

  1. a sudden and violent collapse

    [ Syn: fiasco ]

  2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

  3. a sound defeat

    [ Syn: thrashing , walloping , drubbing , slaughter , trouncing , whipping ]

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