Question

After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there. What is the meaning of the word debacle in this sentence? war failure celebration success

Answer 1

Debacle means a sudden and ignominious failure; a fiasco.

Answer 2

Answer:

Failure

Explanation:

By only looking at the context clues of debacle, we can infer that word has a negative connotation: something bad happened in Russia that made the officer of the Czar felt that he had not choice but to leave the nation. So, success and celebration are not suitable.

Now, if we look the word in the dictionary, we can find that debacle refers to an event or enterprise that fails, has a breakdown or that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. So, debacle can be replaced by failure.