debouch
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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?
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Undirected, highways smash and crash through whole neighborhoods, debouch a torrent of autos into already traffic-choked streets.
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Between the points of debouch of this canal crosses a drawbridge of pontoons, for the use of our troops, and just beyond it Aiken's Landing, where the flag of truce boat stopped.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by Townsend, George Alfred
He caused the two legs to debouch into the baling-dish, and watched eagerly for half an hour, at the end of which period about a wineglassful was collected.
From Philosopher Jack by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
We long to debouch into some path that leads nowhere.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.