Usually means: Complete collapse or disastrous failure.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (debacle)

▸ noun:  An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
▸ noun:  (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.

Similar:
fiasco, walloping, thrashing, drubbing, whipping, slaughter, trouncing, débacle, spectacle, blunderfest, more...

Opposite:
success, triumph

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car, train, plane, more...

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complete debacle, wall street debacle, sub prime debacle, more...

Adjectives:
military, economic, financial, final, great, whole, recent, political, french, electoral, complete

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Similar:
fiasco, walloping, thrashing, drubbing, whipping, slaughter, trouncing, débacle, spectacle, blunderfest, more...

Opposite:
success, triumph

Types:
car, train, plane, more...

Phrases:
complete debacle, wall street debacle, sub prime debacle, more...

Adjectives:
military, economic, financial, final, great, whole, recent, political, french, electoral, complete

Colors:
    gray,     black,     red,     dark red,     maroon, more...



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