The meaning of DEBACLE is a great disaster. How to use debacle in a sentence. The Origin of Debacle Is French.

DEBACLE definition: 1. a complete failure, especially because of bad planning and organization: 2. a complete failure…. Learn more.

DEBACLE meaning: 1. a complete failure, especially because of bad planning and organization: 2. a complete failure…. Learn more.

Use debacle to refer to a fiasco, disaster, or great failure. If several dogs run onto the field during the big baseball game, tripping players and chewing up the bases, you can call the whole event a debacle.

debacle - Comes from French debacler, "to unbar, free," with the root sense being "to shatter with one's rod"; its original meaning was "a breaking-up of ice in a river" or a "sudden flood or rush of water carrying debris."

A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure. After the debacle of the war the world was never the same again.

an event or a situation that is a complete failure and causes people to feel ashamed or embarrassed. He should take responsibility for the debacle and resign. Let’s hope this is the end of the debacle over player transfer fees. Want to learn more? Definition of debacle noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.