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debacle
(encz) | debacle,debakl n: Zdeněk Brož |
debacle
(encz) | debacle,katastrofa n: Zdeněk Brož |
Debacle
(gcide) | Debacle \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.]
1. (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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent
dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a
great disaster; a fiasco.
[PJC] |
debacle
(wn) | debacle
n 1: a sudden and violent collapse [syn: debacle, fiasco]
2: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
during the spring or summer
3: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, debacle,
drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping] |
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