OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14082

debacle

/deɪˈbɑː.kəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
debacle • desastre
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
The event proved to be a great debacle for the partisans of this prognosticator.
The result is a military approach which maximizes political tensions with Russia […] and lays the ground for a military debacle.
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