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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?

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Debacle: catastrophe, disaster, failure.

Explanation: the fact that he was an officer who couldn’t stay there hints that debacle means something bad happened like a catastrophe or disaster.
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