debus

American  

[dee-buhs] / diˈbʌs /

verb (used with or without object)

debused, debussed, debusing, debussing

1. to get out of a bus; alight from a bus.

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debus British  

/ diːˈbʌs /

verb

1. to unload (goods) or (esp of troops) to alight from a motor vehicle

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Etymology

Origin of debus

First recorded in 1910–15; de- + bus ¹

Example Sentences

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debussed debussing

The 7th, after a novel experience of being carried up to the coast on motor 'buses from Winizeele, were "debussed" at Coxyde, where they billeted themselves comfortably in the deserted houses.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by Wilson, S. J.

Having "debussed," we marched to le Bizet, a little village a mile north of the town, and stayed there in billets for the night.

From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by Hills, John David

Nightfall found us still travelling, and the day of 24th March had almost broken before we "debussed" to find ourselves in the devastated area of the Somme lands, near the village of Ayette.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by Wilson, S. J.

After debussing there was a short march to billets.

From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Roberts, Enos Herbert Glynne

On debussing just west of Bethune, the Battalion marched through the town to billets at Beuvry, which was about four miles behind one of the quietest sectors on the British front.

From The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 by Ainsworth, Ralph Bignell, Sir