What is the meaning of debacle?

A sudden and violent collapse.
- synonyms: fiasco
Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer.
A sound defeat.
- synonyms: thrashing, walloping, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping

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