Synonyms for fiasco
fiˈæs koʊ or, esp. for 2 , -ˈɑ skoʊfi·as·co

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1. fiasconoun

   Synonyms:
   debacle

2. fiasconoun

   A ludicrous or humiliating failure. Some effort that went quite wrong.

   Synonyms:
   debacle

3. fiasconoun

   A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

   Synonyms:
   debacle

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1. debacle, fiasconoun

   a sudden and violent collapse

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, whipping, slaughter

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1. fiasconoun

   Synonyms:
   [It.] failure, fizzle, abortive attempt

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1. List of paraphrases for "fiasco":

   flop, failure, debacle, bust, washout

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1. Michael Payne:

   And then it got completely derailed by the Ukraine fiasco.

2. Ben Friedman:

   There are two reasons Gitmo is so hard to close. One is the military justice system for the inmates has been a fiasco, which has ground on without resolving all the cases, second, there is a political refusal to accept that closure means releasing the unconvicted somewhere, repatriating others, and moving some inmates to U.S. prisons.

3. Devin Nunes:

   Whats happening here with Barr,I think people need tounderstand that hes cleaning upthe mess from not only the Obamaadministration but also themess that was left with thewhole Russia-gate fiasco.

4. Premier Mark McGowan:

   This ship needs to leave immediately, our position is clear, we are not going to have a Sydney Harbour fiasco on our watch.

5. Matthias Diem:

   In Gatwick, whoever was behind it, they only wanted to create chaos and economic damage, but if they had dropped something, it could have been a fiasco.