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debacle

noun
variants: also débâcle

Synonyms and Antonyms of debacle

1 a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction

  • the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929
Synonyms of debacle

apocalypse, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy
Words Related to debacle

bloodbath, collapse, crash, meltdown

Armageddon, doomsday, end-time

convulsion, paroxysm, upheaval

accident, casualty, fatality

misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap

blast, blow, double whammy, one-two (or one-two punch)
Near Antonyms of debacle

godsend, manna, windfall

2 something that has failed

  • the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summerʼs biggest debacle at the multiplexes
Synonyms of debacle

bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout
Words Related to debacle

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

nonevent

nonstarter
Near Antonyms of debacle

corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
Antonyms of debacle

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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