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embacle
[em-
bah
-k
uh
l, -
bak
-
uh
l]
WORD ORIGIN
noun
an accumulation of broken ice in a river.
Compare
debacle
(def 2)
.
Origin of
embacle
<
French,
equivalent to
em-
em-
1
+ (
dé)bâcle
debacle
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