Frank Rich

Of course most Americans don't know how A.I.G. brought the world's financial system to near-ruin or what credit-default swaps are. They may not even know what A.I.G. stands for. But Americans do make the connection between their fears about their own jobs and their broad understanding of the A.I.G. debacle.

American Journalist

Amy Jo Martin

Just as we teach our children how to ride a bike, we need to teach them how to navigate social media and make the right moves that will help them. The physical world is similar to the virtual world in many cases. It's about being aware. We can prevent many debacles if we're educated.

American Author

Milan Kundera

Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it.

Czechoslovakian Writer

Robert Kiyosaki

During the Enron debacle, it was workers who took the pounding, not bankers. Not only did Enron employees lose their jobs, many lost their retirement savings. That's because they were at the bottom of the investing food chain.

Evan Bayh

You just hope that we haven't soured an entire generation on the necessity, from time to time, of using force because Iraq has been such a debacle. That would be tragic because Iran is a grave threat.

American Politician

Anthony Fauci

For the first time, we have the genetic sequences of all three of the players in the global malaria debacle: the parasite, the anopheles mosquito and the human. It's a very important milestone.

American Scientist

Viswanathan Anand

I feel that schools and corporates should help the government in popularising sports in the country. Blaming the government for every sporting debacle will not be fair.

Indian Celebrity

Friedrich Durrenmatt

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

Swiss Author

Chuck Grassley

Finding out exactly what went wrong is key toward preventing future debacles.

Tiny Tim

America lost its face with the debacle of the Vietnam War.

American Musician

Use 'debacle' for events with significant negative impact, not small mistakes or everyday failures.

Large Scale

'Debacle' often implies an outcome worse than expected, not just a mere failure.

Negative Outcome

The word carries a heavy emotional tone, reflecting frustration or disappointment.

Emotionally Charged

Indicates a situation deteriorating quickly, often with a sense of panic or chaos.

Rapid Deterioration

'Debacle' suggests a surprising downfall, when something was presumed stable or likely to succeed.

Unexpected Collapse

Use 'debacle' when the collapse affects a wide area or group, not isolated incidents.

Broad Impact

 Why, I've heard it said that he would fight at the drop of the hat and then drop the hat himself. I ask you, was such a man fit for the most distinguished office in the nation? Can we forget the debacle of his inauguration? Who ever heard of inviting a drunken mob into the White House?

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 and that if the appraisers refused to do so, they, the banks, would blacklist honest appraisers and refuse to use them. Now, we've seen this before in the savings and loan debacle, and we know that this kind of fraud

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 still problems with ballot design even after all these years since the butterfly ballot debacle one is splitting contest between two columns of a ballot when ballots are laid out this

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 thank you plated front center we are wising in cirno's we're gonna fix this debacle fix it down sorry sir