Definitions
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- verb military, of a body of soldiers To enter into battle.
- verb hydrology, of a river or stream To
discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I force conversations down winding arroyos purely in order to say debouche.
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Hey, Andrew, does Marble Canyon debouche (is that the right word?) into Glen Canyon?
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I force conversations down winding arroyos purely in order to say debouche.
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Hey, Andrew, does Marble Canyon debouche is that the right word? into Glen Canyon?
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Moscou - les epicentres de l'economie Russe, le plus grand debouche en gros et les propositions.
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Bref bref maintenant quand je respire j'ai les poumons qui font un bruit de bouteille qui se debouche!
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Its original debouche was into False bay, where, meeting the waters rolling in from the seaward, a bar was formed by the deposit of sand, making the entrance of False Bay impracticable.
What I Saw in California Edwin Bryant
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At six o'clock on a mild summer evening, what a spectacle, to see Fleurs gate thrown wide open, and troop after troop of labourers _debouche_!
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various
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The Cabul and Soorkhab rivers debouche at a much greater angle.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The creatures bounded along with a wild and graceful freedom, until they reached the debouche of the pass into the valley.
Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick Mrs. William T. Savage
chained_bear commented on the word debouche
"fr. the outlet of a wood or narrow pass." (citation in list description)
October 9, 2008