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Definition of: debacle
(dā·bä′kəl, -bak′əl, di-) noun
1. A sudden and disastrous breakdown, overthrow, or collapse, as of a government; ruin; rout.
2. The breaking up of ice in a river, etc.
3. A violent flood carrying great masses of rock and other debris. [<F débâ cle <débâcler unbar, set free]
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