Related Words for debacle

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fiasco
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Noun, Noun
thrashing
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Noun, Noun
whipping
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Noun, Noun
slaughter
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Noun, Noun
meltdown
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Noun
disaster
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Noun
scandal
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Noun
disastrous
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Adjective
blunder
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Noun
saga
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Noun
catastrophe
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Noun
implosion
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Noun
crisis
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Noun
misadventure
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Noun
mishap
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Noun
fallout
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Noun
downfall
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Noun
incident
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Noun
misstep
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Noun
shenanigans
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Noun
woes
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Noun
bloodbath
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Noun
controversy
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Noun
botched
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Adjective
bungled
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Verb
shambles
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Noun
tragedy
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Noun
mismanagement
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Noun
demise
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Noun
escapade
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Noun
backlash
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Noun
ordeal
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Noun
calamitous
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Adjective
travesty
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Noun
uproar
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Noun
ensuing
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Verb
furore
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Noun
redux
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Noun
turmoil
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Noun
disappointing
xx/x
Adjective
mess
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Noun
blowout
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Noun
abysmal
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Adjective
farce
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Noun
calamity
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Noun
ruination
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Noun
disappointment
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Noun
atrocity
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Noun
ineptitude
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Noun
letdown
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Noun
takeover
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Noun
collapse
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Noun
aftermath
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Noun
massacre
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Noun
atrocious
x/x
Adjective
quagmire
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Noun
showdown
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Noun
horrendous
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Adjective
failure
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Noun
furor
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Noun
nightmare
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Noun
extravaganza
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Noun
disaster waiting to happen
x/x/x//x
Phrase, Noun
butchery
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Noun
spectacle
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Noun
flop
/
Noun
misfortune
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Noun
reverse
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Noun
casualty
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Noun
disgrace
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Noun
discomfiture
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Noun
corner
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Noun
bad luck
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Phrase, Noun
rude awakening
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Phrase, Noun
loser
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Noun
unfortunate
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Adjective
dismay
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Noun
opprobrium
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Noun
worse
/
Adjective
breakdown
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Noun
breakup
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Noun
washout
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Noun
ruin
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Noun
one of those things
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Phrase, Noun
predicament
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Noun
wreck
/
Noun
disadvantage
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Noun
consequence
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Noun
accident
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Noun
dilemma
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Noun
foil
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Noun
folly
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Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
setback
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Noun
dead duck
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Phrase, Noun
difficulty
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Noun
beating
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Noun
embarrassment
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Noun
doom
/
Noun
reproach
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Noun
baffling
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Adjective
decay
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Noun
fall from grace
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
balk
/
Noun
derailment
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Noun
death
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Noun
trouble
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Noun
conundrum
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Noun
perdition
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Noun
basket case
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Phrase, Noun
horrible
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Adjective
infamy
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Noun
fatal
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Adjective
paradox
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Noun
germinal
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Noun
mogadishu
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Name
repeat
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Noun
stalingrad
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Name
dunkirk
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Name
somalia
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Name
watergate
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Adjective, Name
sedan
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Noun
scapegoat
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Noun
fredericksburg
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Name
smarting
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Verb
suez
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Name
wake
/
Noun
blame
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Noun, Verb
crimean
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Adjective
forward
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Noun
angolan
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Adjective
salvage
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Verb
savings
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Noun
humiliating
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Adjective
indochina
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Name
vietnam
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Name
beyond
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Noun
bay
/
Noun
discredited
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Verb
embarrassing
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Adjective
reeling
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Verb
somali
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Adjective
heels
/
Noun
polls
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Noun
survivors
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Noun
electoral
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Adjective
nationalist
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Adjective
sicilian
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Adjective
seattle
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Name
betrayal
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Noun
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
campaign
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Noun, Verb
capitulation
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Noun
cataclysm
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Noun
confusion
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Noun
counteroffensive
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Noun, Adjective
crash
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
defeat
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
failed
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Adjective
holocaust
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Name, Verb
offensive
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Adjective, Noun
rapprochement
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Noun
revolution
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Noun
scare
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fall
/
Verb, Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
pidgin
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Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb