verb
- emerged or issued from a narrow or confined space into a wide, open area
- flowed out or emptied (said of a river or stream) into a larger body of water
Usage: often used of troops, rivers, or crowds; military/geographical contexts
Usage: geographical/hydrological term
Examples
- The soldiers debouched from the forest onto the open plain.
- The river debouched into the Atlantic Ocean after a long journey inland.
- Crowds debouched from the stadium after the final whistle.
- The mountain pass debouched into a wide valley.
- Refugees debouched from the narrow canyon into the refugee camp.
- The stream debouched into the larger lake.