-deba-

n. [ L. debacchatio. ] Wild raving or debauchery. [ R. ] Prynne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. débâcle, fr. débâcler to unbar, break loose; pref. dé- (prob. = L. dis) + bâcler to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick. ] 1. (Geol.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden breaking up or breaking loose; a violent dispersion or disruption; impetuous rush; outburst. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a complete and ludicrous failure; a rout, as of an army; a great disaster; a fiasco. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Debarred p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring. ] [ Pref. de- + bar. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed
Labor, as to debar us when we need
Refreshment. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. de- + L. barba beard. ] To deprive of the beard. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Debarked p. pr. & vb. n. Debarking. ] [ F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark. ] To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disembarkation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U. S. Grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hindrance from approach; exclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. débarrasser. See Embarrass. ] To disembarrass; to relieve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]