From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdebaclede‧ba‧cle, débâcle /deɪˈbɑːkəl, dɪ-/ noun [countable]FAILan event or situation that is a completefailure
the debacle of the 1994 electionsExamples from the Corpusdebacle• But remember what happened in the 1994 bonddebacle.• A political debaclelaid the groundwork for progress.• The debacle began shortly after we arrived for dinner one night.• The glumsymptomsrange from junk-bond distress to the destruction of wealth caused by falling propertyvalues and the thriftsdebacle.Origindebacle(1800-1900)Frenchdébâcle, from débâcler“to remove a bar”
