Did you know that 'debacle' is a weather word? Indeed, it is today's Weather Word:
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Before it came to mean a failure or fiasco, debacle actually referred to the annual breaking up of river ice each spring. The word was primarily used to describe the great rivers of Russia, Siberia and North America, with “debacle” lasting each spring for two to six weeks., debacle comes from a French verb meaning “to clear,” “to unbolt” or “to unbar.
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