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debouche

Pronunciation: /dɪˈbuːʃ/

The English word “debouche” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To enter into battle.
  2. To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.

Etymology

From French déboucher (“to unblock, uncork; to finish; to culminate”), from dé- (“un-”) + boucher (“to block, stop”).

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