debacles
Complete organizational collapses
Debacles is the plural of debacle, a sudden and complete disaster or humiliating failure.
The word suggests not just defeat but collapse—plans falling apart spectacularly, organizations imploding publicly: a series of debacles that ended his political career, the debacles of the 2008 financial crisis.
A debacle implies something that should have been avoidable.
Publicized shameful acts
- fiascosComplete, embarrassing failures
- crisesUrgent, unstable situations
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- controversiesProlonged public disagreements
resignations · impeachments · coverups · Watergate · gaffes · missteps · downfalls · collapses
Overcomes or bests
- disastersRuinous events causing suffering
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
catastrophes · blunders · surrenders · fiascos · losses · humiliations · massacres · miscalculations
Unsuccessful ventures or releases
- disastersRuinous events causing suffering
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- embarrassmentsSources of acute discomfort
- fiascosComplete, embarrassing failures
bombs · busts · mishaps · misfires · trainwrecks · catastrophes · openings · premieres
Sudden violent impacts
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
- bankruptciesLegal declarations of insolvency
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
meltdowns · bailouts · Enron · busts · ruin · insolvencies · defaults · recessions
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
incompetence · blunders · missteps · bungling · restructuring · leadership · scandals · coverups
scandals
Publicized shameful acts
- fiascosComplete, embarrassing failures
- crisesUrgent, unstable situations
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
controversies · resignations · impeachments · coverups · Watergate · gaffes · missteps · downfalls · collapses · embarrassments
defeats
Overcomes or bests
- disastersRuinous events causing suffering
- retreatsBacks off or sanctuaries
- routsDecisive, overwhelming defeats
failures · catastrophes · blunders · surrenders · fiascos · losses · humiliations · massacres · miscalculations · botched
flops
Unsuccessful ventures or releases
- disastersRuinous events causing suffering
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- embarrassmentsSources of acute discomfort
fiascos · bombs · busts · mishaps · misfires · trainwrecks · catastrophes · openings · premieres · reviews
crashes
Sudden violent impacts
- collapsesSuddenly falls inward
- bankruptciesLegal declarations of insolvency
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
failures · meltdowns · bailouts · Enron · busts · ruin · insolvencies · defaults · recessions · implosions
mismanagement
Incompetent handling of responsibilities
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
- chaosComplete disorder and confusion
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
collapses · incompetence · blunders · missteps · bungling · restructuring · leadership · scandals · coverups · resignations
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- mismanagementmishandling, dysfunction, misuse, incompetence, inefficiency
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
debaclestriumphs
Overwhelming victories
successes · victories · achievements · accomplishments · coups