debouchmentn.
1. Military. The action or fact of debouching.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > other manoeuvres
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debouchment1827
pincer1917
leap-frog1918
pincer movement1918
link-up1945
1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie II. iii. 44 To unravel the mystery of so sudden a debouchement from the cover.
1871 Daily News 19 Sept. The debouchment of Stephenson's brigade through the railway arch.
2. The mouth or outlet of a river, a pass, etc.
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the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > mouth or outfall
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debouchure1832
salting-place1842
embouchement1844
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1859 R. F. Burton in Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 29 42 The coast..presents but three debouchments that deserve the name of rivers.
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