Synonyms of the word

fiasco

• n. A sudden or unexpected failure.
• n. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
• n. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

collapse

• v. (intransitive) To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
• v. (intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
• v. (intransitive) To fold compactly.
• v. (cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession.
• v. (transitive) To cause something to collapse.
• v. (intransitive) To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.
• n. The act of collapsing.
• n. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).

debacle

• n. An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences.
• n. (ecology) A breaking up of a natural dam, usually made of ice, by a river and the ensuing rush of water.