debacle
(noun)
noun
1. a sudden and violent collapse
Similar word(s): fiasco
Definition categories: event, collapse
2. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer
Definition categories: phenomenon, alluvion, deluge, flood, inundation
3. a sound defeat
Similar word(s): drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping