20-08-2017
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Read this sentence from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell:

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

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Failure. It was a big mess that accomplished nothing; a disaster.

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