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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] (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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Debacle \De*ba"cle\, n. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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