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An event or enterprise that ends disastrously or humiliatingly

A tragic event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress

A heavy, and typically humiliating, defeat

An unstable time or period, usually marked by intense difficulty or danger

A stupid or careless mistake

A significant or total loss of power, prosperity, or status

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Noun

An event or enterprise that ends disastrously or humiliatingly

pig's breakfast

poor performance

unsuccessfulness

flash in the pan

comedy of errors

Charlie Foxtrot

lack of success

coming to nothing

falling through

dumb thing to do

cluster foxtrot

falling to pieces

disorganization^US

disorganisation^UK

disillusionment

fall from grace

box-office bomb

dissatisfaction

impecuniousness

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“There were reports of bitter arguments between America's General Eisenhower and Churchill, and that the whole venture was a debacle.”

Noun

A tragic event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress

stroke of bad luck

reverse of fortune

unfortunateness

unfortunate incident

unpredictable outcome

reversal of fortune

devastating blow

stroke of ill luck

hell in a handbasket

rough situation

serious accident

kick in the teeth

unfortunate thing

stumbling block

cause for regret

piece of bad luck

source of regret

cause for disappointment

unfortunate occurrence

fly in the ointment

spanner in the works

trials and tribulations

harsh conditions

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

pain in the neck

pain in the bum

tough situation

unfortunate development

whole new ballgame

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“The last effort of the last surviving champions of Irish independence had ended in a tragic debacle.”

Noun

A heavy, and typically humiliating, defeat

overwhelming defeat

crushing defeat

decisive victory

game, set and match

runaway victory

decisive defeat

overwhelming majority

disestablishment

surprise victory

unexpected result

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“They struggled to reconcile a debacle at the hands of a foreign conqueror with the belief that they were the chosen people.”

Noun

An unstable time or period, usually marked by intense difficulty or danger

sticky situation

critical situation

tricky situation

difficult situation

problematic situation

unfortunate situation

awkward situation

sorry condition

reversal of fortune

stroke of ill luck

no-win situation

tight situation

worst-case scenario

serious problem

botched situation

bolt out of the blue

bolt from the blue

source of distress

kick in the teeth

worst that could happen

worst possible outcome

worst comes to worst

extreme suffering

pain in the backside

pain in the rear

trials and tribulations

pain in the neck

stroke of bad luck

pain in the bum

harsh conditions

tough situation

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Noun

A stupid or careless mistake

dumb thing to do

misunderstanding

misinterpretation

misapprehension

slip of the tongue

slip of the pen

error of judgment

underestimation

breach of etiquette

typographical error

misconstruction

wrong impression

printing mistake

typesetting mistake

keyboarding error

typesetting error

keyboarding mistake

typographical mistake

dropping the ball

poor decision-making

putting foot in mouth

inappropriate behaviour

social indiscretion

piece of indecorum

mispronunciation

error of judgement

self-defeating action

printer's error

misreading of the situation

misdemeanour^UK

mischievousness

foot in the mouth

misbehaviour^UK

lapse of etiquette

colossal blunder

simple-mindedness

thoughtlessness

blunder in etiquette

disorganization^US

misconfiguration

disorganisation^UK

foolish mistake

poor configuration

wrong configuration

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Noun

A significant or total loss of power, prosperity, or status

loss of prosperity

lack of success

disorganization^US

disorganisation^UK

falling to pieces

Götterdämmerung

disestablishment

loss of success

falling through

coming to nothing

fall from grace

soft underbelly

reverse of fortune

hell in a handbasket

stroke of ill luck

rough situation

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