Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun debacle

3 senses of debacle

Sense 1
debacle, fiasco -- (a sudden and violent collapse)
       => collapse -- (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity")

Sense 2
debacle -- (flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer)
       => flood, inundation, deluge, alluvion -- (the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land; "plains fertilized by annual inundations")

Sense 3
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping -- (a sound defeat)
       => defeat, licking -- (an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking")