debark
1[dih-bahrk]
verb (used with or without object)
to disembark.
Origin of debark
1debark
2[dee-bahrk]
verb (used with object)
Origin of debark
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Historical Examples of debark
There was no warning; the crew were ordered to debark, a bomb was placed on board, and the vessel was blown up and sank in flames.
He then, instead of giving the anxiously expected order to advance, commanded the whole to debark.
The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2J. T. Headley.
Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.
South American Fights and FightersCyrus Townsend Brady
The pale, helpless soldiers had been debark'd, and lay around on the wharf and neighborhood anywhere.
Complete Prose WorksWalt Whitman
By reason of this precaution it was more than an hour after the steamer arrived before her passengers began to debark.
debark
1verb
Word Origin for debark
C17: from French débarquer, from dé- dis 1 + barque barque
debark
2verb
Word Origin for debark
C18: from de- + bark 2
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