A perilous, mixed up and troubled situation; a hopeless tangle.
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
To embroil (a person, etc.) in complexity or difficulty.
Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
The aftermath of a train crash.
A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.