Meaning of debacle in English
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Noun
debacleEtymology
early 19th century (in sense ‘the breaking up of ice in a river’): from French débâcle, from débâcler‘unleash’, from dé-‘un-’ + bâcler‘to bar’ (from Latin baculum‘staff’)Definitions
1. a sudden and violent collapse- 2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
- 3. a sound defeat
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