debacle
noun
a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout.
debacles
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pluralof debacle.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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As the many debacles over inheritances show, it can often get worse as we get older.
From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026
Calling such presidential debacles someone’s “Katrina” has been overdone.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
Spy agencies saw profound implications in the recent debacles, far beyond public humiliation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
The debacles “may have repercussions on the financial system more broadly,” warns junk bond guru Marty Fridson, chief executive officer of FridsonVision High Yield Strategy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
He hung with unqualified joy on the imagined ruins of imaginary disaster, and took equal pleasure in the actual debacles of life as it was lived about him.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
