Dictionary

1. (

• debacle ,
• fiasco ,

) a sudden and violent collapse ;

2. (

• debacle

) flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer ;

3. (

• thrashing ,
• walloping ,
• debacle ,
• drubbing ,
• slaughter ,
• trouncing ,
• whipping

) a sound defeat ;