NSW Selective & Scholarship
Debacle
noun/duh-BAH-kuhl/
A complete and often embarrassing failure or disaster.
In contextTheir plan to win the relay ended in a debacle after three dropped batons.
Remember it
Debacle sounds like 'the tackle' gone wrong — a messy, total flop.
Use it well
Use debacle for a big, messy failure, stronger than an ordinary mistake.