#307 debacle

debacle- a sudden disastrous collapse or defeat especially one involving a disorderly retreat; rout

C19 from French debacle, from Old French desbacler to unbolt, ultimately from Latin baculum rod, staff

All he wanted was to get in and out undetected, and leave the word of warning he had to deliver, for the sake of whatever fragile chance of reconciliation and peace remained alive after the debacle of Coventry.

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