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   debacle

   /deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/

   noun

   • 1. a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco: "the only man to reach double figures in the second-innings debacle"

   Word Origin early 19th century (in sense ‘the breaking up of ice in a river’): from French débâcle, from débâcler ‘unleash’, from dé- ‘un-’ + bâcler ‘to bar’ (from Latin baculum ‘staff’).

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • B

     3

   • A

     1

   • C

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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