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From dé- +‎ boucher.

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déboucher

  1. (transitive) to unblock; to clear
  2. (transitive) to uncork (a bottle)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to culminate, to finish
    la guerre débouche sur l’indépendancethe war culminated in independence

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