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noun
A narrow outlet from which a body of water pours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fortress at the end of a defile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To pour forth from a narrow opening; to emerge from a narrow place like a defile into open country or a wider space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: disembogue
Antonyms: none provided
verb
pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress
verb
march out (as from a defile) into open ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: march out
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: march, process
History
From French déboucher (de + bouche (“mouth”)), modelled on Italian sboccare.
