debacle
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debacle englanniksi
An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. (defdate)
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(quote-book) and lays the ground for a military debacle.
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A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
(quote-book) so that in extreme cases the latter may even be dammed up for a time, and a debacle be the consequence, when the main river overcomes the resistance opposed to it, (..)
(quote-book), the masses of ice, drifting with the current and unable to pass, are hurled upon those already soldered together; thus an enormous barrier is formed (..)
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