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Meanings of
fiasco
in English
Portuguese
fiasco
Catalan
ruïna
Spanish
fracaso
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A sudden and violent collapse.
debacle
Portuguese
fiasco
Synonyms
Examples for "
debacle
"
debacle
Examples for "
debacle
"
1
That small
debacle
alone wasted almost three million pounds of taxpayers' money.
2
Following the Italian
debacle
Lièvremont ranted: Do I feel responsible for that?
3
She said those found responsible for the
debacle
should be held accountable.
4
What if those people had announced a war or major financial
debacle
?
5
The situation was compared with the west coast franchise
debacle
on Tuesday.
Usage of
fiasco
in English
1
However, the Tories' handling of this situation has been a complete
fiasco
.
2
However, the Government has nobody to blame but itself for this
fiasco
.
3
The situation was exacerbated by a financial
fiasco
called the Darien scheme.
4
The
fiasco
of the past few days will immeasurably strengthen their case.
5
Dimon fought through the London whale
fiasco
and a personal health setback.
6
More to the point, I ask him about the
fiasco
of 2010.
7
The raid of the Bows against the Snakes ended in a
fiasco
.
8
It won't be easy to find a way forward from the
fiasco
.
9
The Irish Water fandango has been a
fiasco
on every simgle level.
10
But to the national media, this latest
fiasco
was all too familiar.
11
Politics no longer interested him, the
fiasco
with Galbaud had scalded him.
12
Other attempts to profit from Apple's public relations
fiasco
were more tongue-in-cheek.
13
Nevertheless this lover curses the administrator as the cause of the
fiasco
.
14
His
fiasco
stirred up something of a breeze in the United States.
15
Born of helplessness and confusion, the Conference ended in a pitiful
fiasco
.
16
Despite the
fiasco
going on in his Court, Banage had not moved.
Other examples for "fiasco"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
fiasco
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
miserable fiasco
whole fiasco
complete fiasco
entire fiasco
latest fiasco
More collocations
Translations for
fiasco
Portuguese
fiasco
malogro
Catalan
ruïna
fiasco
fracàs
Spanish
fracaso
Fiasco
through the time
Fiasco
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common