"debacle" in the noun sense
1. debacle, fiasco
a sudden and violent collapse
2. debacle
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
3. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping
a sound defeat
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