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What is the noun for debacle?

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debacle
  1. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]
  2. (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “There were reports of bitter arguments between America's General Eisenhower and Churchill, and that the whole venture was a debacle.”
      “The last effort of the last surviving champions of Irish independence had ended in a tragic debacle.”
      “They struggled to reconcile a debacle at the hands of a foreign conqueror with the belief that they were the chosen people.”
debacles
  1. plural of debacle
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After previous electoral debacles, the Conservatives bounced speedily back.”
      “I caution you however, to mention that the left cannot afford any more debacles that could have easily been prevented by fact checking.”
      “Two consecutive Election Day debacles have shaken public confidence in exit polls, once viewed as the crown jewel of political surveys.”
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