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debacle

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debacle
noun
the coup attempt resulted in an embarrassing debacle:
fiasco, failure, catastrophe, disaster, disintegration, mess, wreck, ruin;
downfall, collapse, defeat, rout, overthrow, conquest, trouncing;
informal foul-up, screwup, hash, botch, washout, fail;
British, informal cock-up, pig's ear, car crash;
North American, informal snafu;
vulgar slang fuck-up;
British, vulgar slang balls-up.