Meaning of DEBACLE
| Pronunciation: | | dey'bâkul
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- [n] a sudden and violent collapse
- [n] a sound defeat
- [n] flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
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| | Synonyms: | | drubbing, fiasco, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
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| | See Also: | | alluvion, collapse, defeat, deluge, flood, inundation, licking | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\De*ba"cle\, n. [F. d['e]b[^a]cle, fr. d['e]b[^a]cler to
unbar, break loose; pref. d['e]- (prob. = L. dis) + b[^a]cler
to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick.] (Geol.)
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 d['e]bris.
\De*ba"cle\, n.
A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion
or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst.
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