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Synonyms for debacle
dəˈbɑ kəl, -ˈbæk əl, deɪ-de·ba·cle
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Wiktionary
debaclenoun
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
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fiasco
Princeton's WordNet
debacle, fiasconoun
a sudden and violent collapse
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thrashing, trouncing, walloping, drubbing, whipping, fiasco, slaughterdebaclenoun
flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
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walloping, slaughter, whipping, drubbing, trouncing, thrashing, fiascothrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whippingnoun
a sound defeat
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whacking, beating, flogging, whipstitch, mass murder, whipping, whipstitching, lacing, carnage, walloping, drubbing, butchery, thrashing, licking, fiasco, trouncing, massacre, lashing, tanning, flagellation, slaughter
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#4134 | disaster | |
#7052 | collapse | |
#8448 | licking | |
#10348 | beating | |
#10570 | tanning | |
#10713 | bust | |
#14083 | slaughter | |
#14956 | massacre | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#28633 | carnage | |
#29142 | breakup | |
#31161 | fiasco | |
#32885 | meltdown | |
#37117 | debacle | |
#39451 | flogging | |
#44248 | lacing | |
#50506 | thrashing | |
#59177 | lashing | |
#74421 | whacking | |
#93025 | butchery | |
#137410 | flagellation | |
#140156 | drubbing | |
#168547 | trouncing | |
#302347 | walloping |
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I could see Trump being a failed nominee, and the whole thing being a debacle for them with lasting consequences, they would probably lose the Senate, then they would lose the Supreme Court.
Russia’s goal in its lone mediation mission appears to be twofold: firstly, to repair its international reputation in relation to its debacle in Ukraine, and secondly to strengthen the impression in Armenia and Azerbaijan that Russia calls the shots in the South Caucasus, the fact that the U.S. administration is so absent and timid in its response has the impact of ceding the strategic field in the South Caucasus to Russia. This can have profound and dangerous consequences in Syria, Ukraine, and far beyond.
Every winning nominee and every winning presidential candidate walks many lonely miles through the valley of the shadow of political death -- and resiliency is the chief virtue required for victory, john McCain understood that, as did Barack Obama -- while going through the Rev. (Jeremiah) Wright debacle -- as did George W. Bush, after losing to John McCain in New Hampshire in 2000, and there are many other examples.
If this were President Trump, would there be a push for impeachment? We know the answer is yes. If this phone call didn't happen, if it was simply the Afghan debacle under President Trump? Would there be impeachment? Absolutely. If two top FDA executives resigned under President Trump, would there be a controversy? Yes, clearly we're not playing by the same rules a year ago.
We need to be fearless in using Amir Levy/Getty Images, and when you are weak, when you allow the debacle in Afghanistan to result in the death of 13 Americans, this is precisely what bad guys will see.
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