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noun 
  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 2003 The demo was a debacle -- instead of shaving off three seconds, I"d added thirty. I wanted to cry. - Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom (webster)

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