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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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over throwing of held power in the hands of the currupt or unjust
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The answer is war.When he says After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there.He's talking about the war Russia was in



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