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debouched

debouched is the simple past and past participle of debouche.

Meaning of debouche

Verb

debouche (third-person singular simple present debouches, present participle debouching, simple past and past participle debouched)

  1. To enter into battle.
    • he debouched by the great high road through the forest, in the rear of the Austrian and Bavarian armies, while General Moreau attacked in front.1839, Mathieu Dumas, Memoirs of His Own Time, volume 2, page 192
  2. To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
    • He chose a place called Colmnakill, about six miles farther down the Spey, where a tributary stream, debouching into that river, gave him protection on one side1829, Robert Chambers, History of the Rebellions in Scotland, page 57

Questions about debouched

What is debouched the simple past and past participle of?
Debouched is the simple past and past participle of debouche.

Words near debouched in the dictionary

  1. debottlenecked
  2. debottlenecking
  3. debottlenecks
  4. debouch
  5. debouche
  6. debouched
  7. debouchement
  8. debouchements
  9. debouches
  10. debouching
  11. debouchment

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