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The act of emerging into a more open place.

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Usage examples (16)
  • In the March 6 edition of the Simcoe Reformer, the word debouchment was spelled incorrectly in the article about a spelling bee.
  • Again there was debouchment upon a river valley, that of the Little
  • Beyond, the passage widened and dipped into a debouchment with a pair of open doors.
  • With a mind needing debouchment more than his body needed to relieve itself in the toilet he stayed where he was, which was where there were windows.
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