debacle
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating…An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
» We're fed up with the whole debacle.
Meaning
2 senses(figuratively)An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
Debakel
фиа́скоfiásko, прова́лprovál
крахkrax, фіаскоfiasko, катастрофаkatastrofa
A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
ледохо́дledoxód, вскры́тие реки́vskrýtije rekí
скресанняskresannja
- a sudden and violent collapse
- flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
- a sound defeat
Examples
3 sentencesWe're fed up with the whole debacle.
Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.
What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.
deDie ursprüngliche Naturkatastrophe wuchs sich schnell zu einem menschengemachten Desaster aus.
Translations
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Origin
From French débâcle, from débâcler (“to unbar; unleash”) from prefix dé- (“un-”) + bâclerFrom French débâcle, from débâcler (“to unbar; unleash”) from prefix dé- (“un-”) + bâcler (“to dash, bind, bar, block”) [perhaps from unattested Middle French and Old French *bâcler, *bacler (“to hold in place, prop a door or window open”)], from Vulgar Latin *bacculare, from Latin baculum (“rod, staff used for support”), from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.
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