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also débâcle
1
as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929
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2
as in loser
something that has failed
the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes
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Recent Examples of debacle
And Pochettino seems to have found a sense of urgency that was missing in the Nations League debacle.
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The Timberwolves recovered from that debacle just fine.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
As the Great Taylor Paul No Comments on CMAs Post debacle of 2024 demonstrates, the fact that these women’s relationships take place through a series of cynical public performances on multiple fronts has fully warped their ability to trust one another.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 May 2025
The debacle of the Cybertruck should also call discerning investors to question Musk's supposedly mercurial abilities.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
The Timberwolves recovered from that debacle just fine.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
As the Great Taylor Paul No Comments on CMAs Post debacle of 2024 demonstrates, the fact that these women’s relationships take place through a series of cynical public performances on multiple fronts has fully warped their ability to trust one another.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 19 May 2025
The debacle of the Cybertruck should also call discerning investors to question Musk's supposedly mercurial abilities.
—Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debacle
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Though the Sixers remained a disaster without Embiid on the floor over those past two seasons, Maxey hit that 26-points-per-game mark and arrived as a star in this league.—
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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The first episode features the recreation by actors of actual communication or lack of communication between the pilot and his junior officer that led to these disasters.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
29 May 2025
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The University of San Diego and San Diego State both lost Thursday to drop into the losers’ brackets of their respective double-elimination conference baseball tournaments.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2025
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That volatility has created stark winners and losers.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
22 May 2025
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His official cause of death was acute hypoxic respiratory failure, which is a condition where the lungs aren't able to release enough oxygen into the bloodstream.—
Keith Langston,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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The failure to adequately cover Biden’s decline points to a broader breakdown that has a simple explanation.—
Becket Adams,
National Review,
25 May 2025
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The narrative moves between Joan’s ascent through the ranks, including a love story as explosive as a rocket launch, and a mid-decade disaster reminiscent of the Challenger tragedy.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Saar says the phrase refers to those seeking to export violence beyond the Middle East to places like America, making the D.C. shooting much more than a local tragedy.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2025
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The market mayhem wasn't triggered by some mysterious economic force—it's directly connected to mounting anxiety over the federal deficit and the impending fiscal fiasco that Trump and his congressional enablers are planning.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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Read: Inside the fiasco at the National Security Council In saner times, under sounder leadership, changes to the intelligence community would perhaps be welcome.—
James Santel,
The Atlantic,
8 May 2025
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Altogether, the strength of ticket sales for such a chaotic jumble of movies indicated a return from the brink after a cascading series of showbiz calamities stretching from the N95 era to the Hollywood strikes to the Los Angeles wildfires.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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With such a small team for a 469-square-mile city, EMD has struggled to staff its emergency operations center in crises, prepare for events like the 2028 Olympics and help residents recover from smaller-scale calamities like building fires, storms and mudslides.—
Matt Hamilton,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2025
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“Debacle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debacle. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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