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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
French débâcle, from débâcler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar [[Latin]] bacculare, from Latin baculum staff; Middle Dutch bakkelen "to freeze artificially, lock in place" from bakken "to stick, stick hard, glue together". | French débâcle, from débâcler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar [[Latin]] bacculare, from Latin baculum staff; Middle Dutch bakkelen "to freeze artificially, lock in place" from bakken "to stick, stick hard, glue together". | ||
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==Definitions== | ==Definitions== | ||
*1 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river | *1 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river | ||
Latest revision as of 23:40, 12 December 2020
Etymology
French débâcle, from débâcler to clear, from Middle French desbacler, from des- de- + bacler to block, perhaps from Vulgar Latin bacculare, from Latin baculum staff; Middle Dutch bakkelen "to freeze artificially, lock in place" from bakken "to stick, stick hard, glue together".
- Date: 1802
Definitions
- 1 : a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river
- 2 : a violent disruption (as of an army) : rout
- 3 a : a great disaster
- b : a complete failure : fiasco
- 4. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
