déferler

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) to break
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) to break out, to surge, to rise up, to sweep
  3. (transitive) to unfurl (sails)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.fɛʁ.le/
Etymology

From dé- + ferler, literally “to unfurl”.

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