debouching

Exiting a confinement

Debouching is the act of emerging or issuing forth from a narrow or confined space into a more open area.

The term comes from military usage, describing troops moving out of a defile or narrow passage onto open ground: The battalion began debouching from the mountain pass at dawn.

Rivers debouch when they empty into larger bodies of water.

emergence

emerge

Come out into view

issuePoint of contention
pourSend liquid streaming out
spillAccidental liquid release

discharge · exit · outflow · egress · opening · passage · outlet · gateway · disgorge · empty

waterway

river

Large flowing watercourse

streamSteady continuous flow
tributaryStream entering larger river
confluenceMeeting point of streams

estuary · delta · mouth · channel · valley · gorge · canyon · ravine · basin · watershed

military

troops

Military personnel collectively

armyOrganized land-based military
columnVertical structural element
forcesCauses of motion

battalion · regiment · soldiers · cavalry · infantry · deployment · formation · advance · sortie · maneuver

Opposites

movement direction

debouchingentering

Going into a place

converging · bottlenecking · retreating · withdrawing · constricting

military tactical movement

debouchingretreating

Moving back from advance

withdrawing · falling back · pulling back · disengaging · recoiling

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