Read this sentence from “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell: After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there. What is the meaning of the word debacle in this sentence?
The answer is war.When he says After the debacle in Russia I left the country, for it was imprudent for an officer of the Czar to stay there.He's talking about the war Russia was in