Tuesday, February 2, 2027
debacle
dey-BAH-kuhl, noun
A sudden, embarrassing failure.
“The launch debacle became a case study in three textbooks.”
Where debacle comes from
French, for the moment a frozen river breaks up and carries everything off.
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