【每日一词】 debacle- n. 崩溃，溃败；灾害；解冻　[复数 debacles ]

　　Definition

　　1a: a great disaster

　　1b: a complete failure : FIASCO

　 2: a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river

　　3: a violent disruption (as of an army) : ROUT

　　Synonyms-

　　apocalypse

　　calamity

　　cataclysm

　　catastrophe

　　disaster

　　tragedy

　　Examples of debacle in a Sentence

　　What a debacle. Next thing he knew, one of the patients would turn up dead.

　　—T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Road to Wellville, 1993

　　So what had been intended as an orderly hearing ended in a general debacle, for as soon as Fray Domingo saw his protector dragged toward the exit door, he leaped at the guards and began pummeling them.

　　—James A. Michener, Texas, 1985

　　Savings themselves evaporate in the course of such a debacle and thus the very wherewithal for reversing and retrieving the situation is lost …

　　—Jane Jacobs, Cities and the Wealth of Nations, 1984

　　After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.

　　the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929

　　Recent Examples on the Web

　　And a number of celebrities were also enmeshed in the debacle.

　　—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 8 May 2024

　　Making matters worse, the debacle has coincided with a period of soaring raw material costs and supply-chain disruptions across the industry.

　　—Wilfried Eckl-Dorna, Fortune Europe, 8 May 2024

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