debacle [debacles] (event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously) noun [UK: deɪ.ˈbɑːk.l̩] [US: də.ˈbɑːk.l̩]
debaclenoun {f}Had I but known what she intended, I might have forestalled this debacle. = Si hubiera sabido lo que pretendía, puede que hubiera evitado esta debacle.