Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle.
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Debacle
/dɪˈbɑ.kəl/
Synonyms for "debacle" (144 found)
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Noun(14 words)
floodflopgravitationhidinginclinationlambastinglatheringlickingmasteryovercomingoverthrowoverturnpalace revolutionplummetingpouncequietusradical changerapidsreverserevolt
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revolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionroutruinshellackingshipwrecksmashsmashupspasmstoopstriking alterationsubdualsubduingsubjugationsubversionsweeping changeswooptabula rasatechnological revolutionthrashingtotal changetotal losstransiliencetrimmingtrouncingundoingupsetvanquishmentviolent changewarmingwashoutwaterfallwaterloowhippingwrackwreck
Adjective(1 words)
total failure
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4 entriesacademic debacleeconomic debacleorganizational debaclepolitical debacle
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6 entriesacademic debacleeconomic debaclefinancial debaclemajor debaclemedia debaclepolitical debacle
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What was at first a natural disaster rapidly became a man-made debacle.
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We're fed up with the whole debacle.
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The event proved to be a great debacle for the partisans of this prognosticator.
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