deplane

[ dee-pleyn ]

/ diˈpleɪn /

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verb (used without object), de·planed, de·plan·ing.

to disembark from an airplane.

Nearby words

depigmentation, depilate, depilation, depilatory, depill, deplane, deplete, depleted uranium, depletion, depletion allowance, depletion layer

Origin of deplane

First recorded in 1920–25; de- + plane¹

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Examples from the Web for deplane

All of the 160 passengers on the flight had to deplane while the FBI and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the plane.
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British Dictionary definitions for deplane

deplane

/ (diːˈpleɪn) /

verb

(intr) mainly US and Canadian to disembark from an aeroplane

Word Origin for deplane

C20: from de- + plane 1

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