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DEBACLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sudden and violent collapse
Synonyms:
debacle; fiasco
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("debacle" is a kind of...):
collapse (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A sound defeat
Synonyms:
debacle; drubbing; slaughter; thrashing; trouncing; walloping; whipping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("debacle" is a kind of...):
defeat; licking (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("debacle" is a kind of...):
alluvion; deluge; flood; inundation (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land)
