Definition of Debale
De*ba"cle (?), n. A sudden breaking
up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous
rush; outburst.
De*ba"cle (?), n. [F.
débâcle, fr. débâcler to
unbar, break loose; pref. dé- (prob. = L. dis) +
bâcler 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
débris.
De*ba"cle (?), n. A sudden breaking
up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous
rush; outburst.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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 debris.
- An event or enterprise that ends disastrously.
Quotations
*1848 The Brunswickers were routed and had fled -- their Duke was killed. It was a general debacle. - William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair
*2003 The demo was a debacle -- instead of shaving off three seconds, I'd added thirty. I wanted to cry. - Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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