Definitions for debacle

debacle de·ba·cle

Spelling: [dey-bah-kuh l, -bak-uh l, d Debacle is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in debacle (abcdeel).

Definitions for debacle

noun

  1. a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout:
  2. a complete collapse or failure.
  3. a breaking up of ice in a river. Compare embacle.
  4. a violent rush of waters or ice.

Origin of debacle

1795-1805; French débâcle, derivative of débâcler to unbar, clear, equivalent to dé- dis-1 + bâcler to bar ≪ Latin baculum stick, rod

Examples for debacle

How long would it be before we reached this stage of debacle?

The debacle of Russia was ever before the eyes of these nations.

“I believe we are in the hour of the debacle of the institutions, they cannot be any more rotten,” said Padre Goyo.

Some place in that debacle there lay his own responsibility.

Of course, the Crash over Brokeback Mountain debacle fits into this same rant.

After this debacle, my friend and I ordered The Artist out of revenge.

In the event, debacle that it was, Kennedy refused to listen to them.

The next subject upon which I thought I might tackle him was the “debacle.”

That was one way of putting it, but both Joe and the newscaster who had covered the debacle knew the reality of the situation.

During this debacle, she read some medical literature on self-dehydration.

Word Value for debacle
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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