debacle
/ dəbɑːkl̩ /

imenica

Množina reči debacle je debacles.

Sinonimi:
fiasco

Sinonimi:
drubbing · fiasco · slaughter · thrashing · trouncing · walloping · whipping

ETYM French débâcle, from débâcler to unbar, break loose; pref. dé- (prob. = Latin dis) + bâcler to bolt, from Latin baculum a stick.
1. A sudden and violent collapse; SYN. fiasco.
2. Flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer.

spate
/ speɪt /

imenica

Množina reči spate je spates.

Sinonimi:
batch · deal · flock · freshet · good deal · great deal · hatful · heap · lot · mass · mess · mickle · mint · muckle · peck · pile · plenty · pot · quite a little · raft · rush · sight · slew · stack · surge · tidy sum · upsurge · wad · whole lot · whole sle

ETYM Of Celtic origin; cf. Irish speid.
1. A sudden flood; an overflow or inundation.
2. A sudden abundance of anything.