Term Gallery logo

Meanings of debacle in English

Portuguese
surra
Catalan
pallissa
Spanish
paliza

A sound defeat.

      surra
      Portuguese
      fiasco
      Catalan
      ruïna
      Spanish
      fracaso

      A sudden and violent collapse.

            fiasco
            Usage of debacle in English
            1
            That small debacle alone wasted almost three million pounds of taxpayers' money.
            The woman who died a lot
            2
            Following the Italian debacle Lièvremont ranted: Do I feel responsible for that?
            The Irish Times
            3
            She said those found responsible for the debacle should be held accountable.
            News.com.au
            4
            What if those people had announced a war or major financial debacle?
            The Guardian
            5
            The situation was compared with the west coast franchise debacle on Tuesday.
            The Guardian
            6
            As the recent Heartbleed debacle pointed out, password technology is deeply fallible.
            Wired
            7
            Some opinion on the Leaving Cert English debacle from the internet world.
            The Irish Times
            8
            Razor seems unabashedly pleased to be associated with that particular Merseyside debacle.
            The Irish Times
            9
            Other agencies pursued larger fines against power merchants after the California debacle.
            Reuters
            10
            SC Clearly Osborne has learned from the recent Nick Clegg chino debacle.
            The Guardian
            11
            The farce came full circle in the week following the Letterman debacle.
            Love All The People
            12
            Brian Shivambu is reported to have pocketed R16 million from the debacle.
            The South African
            13
            Maimane's trial by fire was not limited to the de Lille debacle.
            The South African
            14
            Paulson did not point fingers at anyone for the Sino Forest debacle.
            Reuters
            15
            He'd give that thought more time once the Lightmass debacle was resolved.
            The Slab
            16
            Only the strenuous efforts of the Turkish Eleventh corps prevented a debacle.
            History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
            About this term
            More collocations
            Translations for debacle
            Debacle through the time
            Debacle across language varieties
            South Africa
            Common
            Australia
            Common
            Ireland
            Common
            More variants