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Complete Definition of "debacle"

English

Pronunciation
Pronunciation guide|IPA:/dÉËbÉËkÉl/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ÉËkÉl|-ÉËkÉl

Noun
debacle

#A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.
#An event or enterprise that ends disastrously.
#:Quotations
#:*1848 The Brunswickers were routed and had fled -- their Duke was killed. It was a general debacle. - William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
#:*2003 The demo was a debacle -- instead of shaving off three seconds, Iâd added thirty. I wanted to cry. - Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

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Revision and Credits for"debacle"
  • 2007-06-07 18:57 - SemperBlotto - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/198.237.47.196|198.237.47.196]] ([[User_talk:198.237.47.196|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]]

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