debacle | (noun) a sound defeat | Synonyms: drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping |
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(noun) a sudden and violent collapse | Synonyms: fiasco |
(noun) flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer | - |
debarkation | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: disembarkation, disembarkment |
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debarment | (noun) the act of prevention by legal means | - |
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(noun) the state of being debarred (excluded from enjoying certain possessions or rights or practices) | - |
debasement | (noun) changing to a lower state (a less respected state) | Synonyms: degradation |
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(noun) being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating | Synonyms: adulteration |
debaser | (noun) a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins) | Synonyms: degrader |
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debate | (noun) the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote) | Synonyms: disputation, public debate |
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(noun) a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal | Synonyms: argument, argumentation |
debater | (noun) someone who engages in debate | Synonyms: arguer |
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debauch | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauchery, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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debauchee | (noun) a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained | Synonyms: libertine, rounder |
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debaucher | (noun) someone who assaults others sexually | Synonyms: ravisher, violator |
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debauchery | (noun) a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity | Synonyms: bacchanal, bacchanalia, debauch, drunken revelry, orgy, riot, saturnalia |
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