Definition of debouch

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de·bouch    (d-bouch, -bsh) KEY 

VERB:
de·bouched, de·bouch·ing, de·bouch·es
VERB:
intr.

1. To march from a narrow or confined area into the open.
2. To emerge; issue: "His companions still lay in the bed of the ravine, through which the smaller stream debouched" (James Fenimore Cooper).

VERB:
tr.

To cause to emerge or issue.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French déboucher : dé-, out of (from Old French des-; see de-) + bouche, mouth (from Latin bucca, cheek, mouth)