Found 3 items, similar to debacle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: debacle keruntuhan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: debacle debacle n 1: a sudden and violent collapse [syn: fiasco] 2: flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer 3: a sound defeat [syn: thrashing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Debacle Debacle \De*ba"cle\, n. [F. d['e]b[^a]cle, fr. d['e]b[^a]cler to unbar, break loose; pref. d['e]- (prob. = L. dis) + b[^a]cler to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick.] 1. (Geol.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other d['e]bris. [1913 Webster] 2. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco. [PJC]