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debacle
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/dɪˈbɑː.kəl/
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/dɪˈbɑː.kəl/
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debacle
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debacles
pl
UK
/dɪˈbɑː.kəl/
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/dɪˈbɑː.kəl/
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débâcle
Échec brutal et retentissant.
The company's new product launch turned into a debacle when the software failed to work as promised.
Le lancement du nouveau produit de l’entreprise s’est terminé en débâcle lorsque le logiciel n’a pas fonctionné comme promis.
débâcle
En hydrologie, rupture des glaces et crue soudaine.
The spring debacle swept away several small bridges downstream.
La débâcle printanière a emporté plusieurs petits ponts en aval.
Definitions
A sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.
The company's new product launch turned into a debacle when the software failed to work as promised.
A sudden, violent flood or outpouring of water and debris, especially resulting from the breaking up of ice in a river.
The spring debacle swept away several small bridges downstream.
Synonyms
disaster
blunder
setback
rout
collapse
fiasco
catastrophe
failure
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