Australian English Meaning of debacle

fiasco

Other Australian English words related to fiasco

Definitions and Meaning of debacle in English

Wordnet

debacle (n)

a sudden and violent collapse

flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

a sound defeat

Webster

debacle (n.)

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.

A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst.

FAQs About the word debacle

fiasco

a sudden and violent collapse, flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer, a sound defeatA breaking or bursting forth

Calamity,catastrophe,disaster,Tragedy,apocalypse,collapse,crash,upheaval,accident,Armageddon

Windfall,Godsend,Manna

debacchation => Debauchery, debacchate => have a chat, deb => Deb, deave => worry, deauration => Deauration,