Word | fiasco |
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Definition | a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one |
Example | Many have viewed the fiasco of the Hundred Days of 1898 in black and white terms, seeing Kang, Liang, and the emperor as heroes defeated by evil reactionaries. |
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