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fiasco
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fi·as·co  (f-sk, -äsk)
n. pl. fi·as·coes or fi·as·cos
A complete failure.

[French, from Italian fare fiasco, to make a bottle, fail, from fiasco, bottle (perhaps translation of French bouteille, bottle, error, used by the French for linguistic errors committed by Italian actors on the 18th-century French stage), from Late Latin flasc; see flask.]

fiasco [fɪˈæskəʊ]
n pl -cos, -coes
a complete failure, esp one that is ignominious or humiliating
[from Italian, literally: flask; sense development obscure]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fiasco - a sudden and violent collapse
collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"

fiasco
noun flop, failure, disaster, ruin, mess (informal), catastrophe, rout, debacle, cock-up (Brit. slang), balls-up (taboo slang), fuck-up (offensive taboo slang), washout (informal) The party was a bit of a fiasco.
Translations
fiasco [fɪˈæskəʊ] N (fiascos, fiascoes (pl)) → fiasco m, desastre m

fiasco [fiˈæskəʊ] nfiasco m

fiasco
n pl <-s, (US also) -es> → Fiasko nt

fiasco [fɪˈæskəʊ] nfiasco
fiasco [fɪˈæskəʊ] nfiasco

fiasco
n fiasco [fiˈӕskəu]
a complete failure The party was a fiasco. fiasko; mislukking فَشَل تام، إخْفاق фиаско fiasko fiasko der Mißerfolg φιάσκο, πλήρης αποτυχία fiasco, fracaso, desastre fiasko شکست فضاحت بار؛ افتضاح fiasko fiasco כִּישָׁלוֹן असफलता fijasko, neuspjeh kudarc kegagalan algjörlega misheppnaður fiasco 大失敗 대실패 fiasko, visiškas nepasisekimas fiasko, pilnīga neveiksme kegagalan mislukking fiasko fiasko fiasco фиаско fiasko polom fijasko fiasko ความล้มเหลวโดยสิ้นเชิง fiyasko 大失敗 невдача, провал ناکامی thất bại hoàn toàn


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Davis, who was paralyzed by both fiascoes, needs all the help he can get, regardless of the source.
The Los Angeles school board decided to cut its losses on one of two construction projects that have turned into environmental fiascoes, voting to abandon plans for a new high school and elementary schools in South Gate.
2 million in rent on an unoccupied building, is small potatoes compared with past fiascoes.
 
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