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de·ba·cle (dĭ-bä́kəl, -băḱəl, dĕb́ə-kəl)

[French débâcle, from débâcler, to unbar, from Old French desbacler, des-, de-, + bacler, to bar (from Vulgar Latin* bacculāre) (from Latin baculum, rod; see bak-).]

noun 

  1. A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.
  2. A total, often ludicrous failure.
  3. The breaking up of ice in a river.
  4. A violent flood.