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debacle

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debacle Geography
1. the breaking up of ice in a river during spring or summer, often causing flooding
2. a violent rush of water carrying along debris


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It is difficult perhaps for the broad-minded and long-perspectived reader to understand how incredible the breaking down of the scientific civilisation seemed to those,who actually lived at this time, who in their own persons went down in that debacle.
 
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