Debacle is an English word with synonyms like fiasco or defeat. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Debacle meaning
- An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
- A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
Synonyms of Debacle
Using Debacle
- The main meaning on this page is: An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. | A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
- Useful related words include: fiasco, defeat, whipping, trouncing.
- In the example corpus, debacle often appears in combinations such as: the debacle, debacle in, debacle is.
Context around Debacle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 6 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Debacle
- In this selection, "debacle" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, svb, ceiling, splitsave, trainline, circle and police stand out and add context to how "debacle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include debt ceiling debacle and about this debacle of a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "debacle" sits close to words such as annoyed, canton and chiang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with debacle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Can Brandon Staley survive this debacle? (6 words)
Jake Sully age debacle is complicated thanks to physics. (9 words)
How does this compare to the 2011 debt ceiling debacle? (10 words)
During the SVB debacle, Circle shared that about 8.2% ($ 3.3 Billion) of its total reserves were held at the fledging bank, this of course caused some panic and resulted in a temporary de-peg, causing the coin’s value to fall to 88 cents. (46 words)
He pointed to a series against the Philadelphia Phillies from early last year, when the club gave up 33 runs in a similarly ominous four-game debacle, that proved to be nothing more than a blip in the overall arc of the Dodgers’ 111-win season. (46 words)
I desperately hope we will buck history this time — and ensure that investors and regulators around the world quickly learn from the SVB debacle and improve risk management skills. (29 words)
Can Brandon Staley survive this debacle? (6 words)
How does this compare to the 2011 debt ceiling debacle? (10 words)
Example sentences (20)
About my SplitSave debacle, Trainline said: "We continue to offer SplitSave tickets on some journeys between Colchester to Stratford.
A number of members from the women’s and men’s teams spoke out about this debacle of a news conference.
Before the session had begun, F1’s handling of the fall out from the debacle of Thursday’s practice sessions had not gone down well.
But when it comes to Jujutsu Kaisen and this season 2 debacle, there is nothing to worry about.
Can Brandon Staley survive this debacle?
Comment comes as the Federal Reserve announces a review of the whole debacle at SVB.
Curtis plays Vivian "Viv" Ashe, Chloe's owner, who leaves her pet with her irresponsible niece, triggering the debacle.
Don’t forget the same cast of characters that gave us the Afghanistan debacle are fanning the flames of war now.
During the SVB debacle, Circle shared that about 8.2% ($ 3.3 Billion) of its total reserves were held at the fledging bank, this of course caused some panic and resulted in a temporary de-peg, causing the coin’s value to fall to 88 cents.
Finally addressing this debacle to Entertainment Weekly, Merchant expressed her gratitude for the experience as it taught her the importance of trusting her own instincts.
He pointed to a series against the Philadelphia Phillies from early last year, when the club gave up 33 runs in a similarly ominous four-game debacle, that proved to be nothing more than a blip in the overall arc of the Dodgers’ 111-win season.
Here we are in yet another crisis of our own making (well, made by the people we freely elected), the debt ceiling debacle.
How does this compare to the 2011 debt ceiling debacle?
I desperately hope we will buck history this time — and ensure that investors and regulators around the world quickly learn from the SVB debacle and improve risk management skills.
Inadequate preparation and preventative measures accounted in large measure for the U.S. Covid-19 debacle.
In response to the debacle, police seized the woman’s motorcycle and her driver’s license, initiating legal proceedings against her.
In the late 90s, it was the dot-com bubble; in the early 2000s, it was the telecom debacle; over the last decade, it was the energy bust.
It’s unclear whether the three-person crews of the BMPs survived the debacle.
It was reported that Murrell was facing a vote of no confidence for his part in the debacle.
Jake Sully age debacle is complicated thanks to physics.
Common combinations with debacle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the debacle 38×
- debacle in 16×
- debacle is 10×
- debacle of 9×
- this debacle 8×
- debacle and 8×
- that debacle 8×
- debacle that 7×
- debacle the 6×
- whole debacle 4×