Synonyms for debacle
dəˈbɑ kəl, -ˈbæk əl, deɪ-de·ba·cle

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1. debaclenoun

   An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.

   Synonyms:
   fiasco

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1. debacle, fiasconoun

   a sudden and violent collapse

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, drubbing, whipping, fiasco, slaughter

2. debaclenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   walloping, slaughter, whipping, drubbing, trouncing, thrashing, fiasco

3. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whippingnoun

   a sound defeat

   Synonyms:
   whacking, beating, flogging, whipstitch, mass murder, whipping, whipstitching, lacing, carnage, walloping, drubbing, butchery, thrashing, licking, fiasco, trouncing, massacre, lashing, tanning, flagellation, slaughter

Matched Categories

1. • Collapse
   • Defeat
   • Flood

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1. List of paraphrases for "debacle":

   meltdown, breakup, fiasco, break-up, disaster, collapse, bust

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How to use debacle in a sentence?

1. Jim Risch:

   Congress has a vital oversight role to play with the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. To get to the bottom of what went wrong and prevent a similar tragedy from happening again, we must have administration officials testify, including Secretary Austin who has refused to come before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The debacle in Afghanistan is an interagency failure, and we must hear from all relevant officials in order to hold the right people accountable.

2. Heino Klinck:

   If the U.S. commitment to Taiwan falters, that will send a signal to the rest of the world that the Afghanistan debacle will pale to in comparison.

3. John Ashbrook:

   More concerning than the debacle last night is his career track record of not showing up for work, well documented by the AP and the Washington Post, he simply disappeared in previous roles as Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania and Mayor of Braddock where he quit attending council meetings altogether. The only thing worse than being incapable of advocating for his constituents, is being uninterested in the job.

4. Ann Patton:

   If Donald Trump was in office, we wouldn't be going through everything we're going through now. The economy would be booming. We wouldn't have had that debacle in Afghanistan. Donald Trump wouldn't have cut all the gas off, if Donald Trump was in office, I don't think we'd be going through half the things we're going through now.

5. Michael James:

   Certainly this was not welcome news, but I don't think it's a debacle either, in general, investors are not overly concerned by the news from Apple as a read through to technology or the market overall.