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debouch

[dih-boosh, -bauch] / dɪˈbuʃ, -ˈbaʊtʃ /


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But who knew that for centuries it has been possible to travel inland by boat from Rotterdam, climb the Rhine, get into the Danube and debouch upon the Black Sea?

From Time Magazine Archive

Undirected, highways smash and crash through whole neighborhoods, debouch a torrent of autos into already traffic-choked streets.

From Time Magazine Archive

Covered by the walls, they would rush the ruins of the bridgehead, debouch behind the embankment, and trust to their superior numbers to carry the inner defences by one overwhelming assault.

From Carry On! A Story of the Fight for Bagdad by Herbert Strang

Most of these rivers have their sources in the Sierra Madre, and traversing the plains of the tierra calienté, debouch into the Gulf of Mexico.

From The Tiger Hunter by Mayne Reid

In front the hill sloped gently down to the Charles City and Richmond road, and other points by which the enemy must debouch to begin the attack.

From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford




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