Defn: A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other débris.
DEBAR
De*bar", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.]
Etym: [Pref. de- + bar.]
Defn: To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; — with from, and sometimes with of. Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. Milton. Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle.
DEBARB
De*barb", v. t. Etym: [Pref. de- + L. barba beard.]
Defn: To deprive of the beard. [Obs.] Bailey.
DEBARK
De"bark", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debarked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Debarking.] Etym: [F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See
Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.]
Defn: To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.
DEBARKATION
De`bar*ka"tion, n.
Defn: Disembarkation.
The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U.
S. Grant.
DEBARMENT
De*bar"ment, n.