debacle
noun
1 debacle
A sudden and violent collapse.
synonym: fiasco.
Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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Roget 348:
running water.
jet,
spirt†,
spurt,
squirt,
spout,
spray,
splash,
rush,
gush,
jet d'eau [Fr.];
sluice.
water spout,
water fall;
cascade,
force,
foss†;
lin†,
linn†;
ghyll†,
Niagara;
cataract,
rapids,
white water,
catadupe†,
cataclysm;
debacle,
inundation,
deluge;
chute,
washout.
rain,
rainfall;
serein†;
shower,
scud;
downpour;
driving rain,
drenching rain,
cloudburst;
hyetology†,
hyetography†;
predominance of Aquarius†,
reign of St. Swithin;
mizzle†,
drizzle,
stillicidum†,
plash;
dropping
etc.
v.;
falling weather;
northeaster,
hurricane,
typhoon.
stream,
course,
flux,
flow,
profluence†;
effluence
etc.
(egress)
295;
defluxion†;
flowing
etc.
v.;
current,
tide,
race,
coulee.
spring,
artesian well,
fount,
fountain;
rill,
rivulet,
gill,
gullet,
rillet†;
streamlet,
brooklet;
branch [U.S.];
runnel,
sike†,
burn,
beck,
creek,
brook,
bayou,
stream,
river;
reach,
tributary.
geyser,
spout,
waterspout.
body of water,
torrent,
rapids,
flush,
flood,
swash;
spring tide,
high tide,
full tide;
bore,
tidal bore,
eagre†,
hygre†;
fresh,
freshet;
indraught†,
reflux,
undercurrent,
eddy,
vortex,
gurge†,
whirlpool,
Maelstrom,
regurgitation,
overflow;
confluence,
corrivation†.
wave,
billow,
surge,
swell,
ripple;
anerythmon gelasma [Gr.];
beach comber,
riffle [U.S.],
rollers,
ground swell,
surf,
breakers,
white horses,
whitecaps;
rough sea,
heavy sea,
high seas,
cross sea,
long sea,
short sea,
chopping sea.
[Science of fluids in motion]
hydrodynamics;
hydraulics,
hydraulicostatics†;
rain gauge,
flowmeter;
pegology†.
irrigation
etc.
(water)
337;
pump;
watering pot,
watering cart;
hydrant,
syringe;
garden hose,
lawn spray;
bhisti†,
mussuk†.
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Roget 173:
violence,
inclemency,
vehemence,
might,
impetuosity;
boisterousness
etc.
adj.;
effervescence,
ebullition;
turbulence,
bluster;
uproar,
callithump [U.S.],
riot,
row,
rumpus,
le diable a quatre [Fr.],
devil to pay,
all the fat in the fire.
severity
etc.
739;
ferocity,
rage,
fury;
exacerbation,
exasperation,
malignity;
fit,
paroxysm;
orgasm,
climax,
aphrodisia†;
force,
brute force;
outrage;
coup de main;
strain,
shock,
shog†;
spasm,
convulsion,
throe;
hysterics,
passion
etc.
(state of excitability)
825.
outbreak,
outburst;
debacle;
burst,
bounce,
dissilience†,
discharge,
volley,
explosion,
blow up,
blast,
detonation,
rush,
eruption,
displosion†,
torrent.
turmoil
etc.
(disorder)
59;
ferment
etc.
(agitation)
315;
storm,
tempest,
rough weather;
squall
etc.
(wind)
349;
earthquake,
volcano,
thunderstorm.
berserk,
berserker;
fury,
dragon,
demon,
tiger,
beldame,
Tisiphone†,
Megaera,
Alecto†,
madcap,
wild beast;
fire eater
etc.
(blusterer)
887.
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Roget 162:
destruction;
waste,
dissolution,
breaking up;
diruption†,
disruption;
consumption;
disorganization.
fall,
downfall,
devastation,
ruin,
perdition,
crash;
eboulement [Fr.],
smash,
havoc,
delabrement [Fr.],
debacle;
break down,
break up,
fall apart;
prostration;
desolation,
bouleversement [Fr.],
wreck,
wrack,
shipwreck,
cataclysm;
washout.
extinction,
annihilation;
destruction of life
etc.
361;
knock-down blow;
doom,
crack of doom.
destroying
etc.
v.;
demolition,
demolishment;
overthrow,
subversion,
suppression;
abolition
etc.
(abrogation)
756;
biblioclasm†;
sacrifice;
ravage,
razzia†;
inactivation;
incendiarism;
revolution
etc.
146;
extirpation
etc.
(extraction)
301;
beginning of the end,
commencement de la fin [Fr.],
road to ruin;
dilapidation
etc.
(deterioration)
659;
sabotage.
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2 debacle
Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer.
Dutch: fiasco
3 debacle
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