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DEBOUCH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pass out or emerge; especially of rivers

Example:

The tributary debouched into the big river

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "debouch" is one way to...):

come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue (come out of)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

March out (as from a defile) into open ground

Example:

The regiments debouched from the valley

Synonyms:

debouch; march out

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "debouch" is one way to...):

march; process (march in a procession)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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