debouch
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But who knew that for centuries it has been possible to travel inland by boat from Rotterdam, climb the Rhine, get into the Danube and debouch upon the Black Sea?
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Undirected, highways smash and crash through whole neighborhoods, debouch a torrent of autos into already traffic-choked streets.
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They generally debouch in a lake situated in the middle of the depression.
From The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II by Leslie, Alexander, fl. 1879-1882
The general slope is toward the Amazon, and its rivers debouch upon the Amazonian plain through a succession of falls and rapids.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
In front the hill sloped gently down to the Charles City and Richmond road, and other points by which the enemy must debouch to begin the attack.
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Morford, Henry