One entry found for debacle.

Entry Word: debacle
Function: noun
Text: also débâcle
1 a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction <the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929> -- see DISASTER
2 something that has failed <the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes> -- see FAILURE 3