disembark
to go ashore from a ship.
to leave an aircraft or other vehicle.
to remove or unload (cargo or passengers) from a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
Origin of disembark
1Other words from disembark
- dis·em·bar·ka·tion [dis-em-bahr-key-shuhn], /dɪsˌɛm bɑrˈkeɪ ʃən/, dis·em·bark·ment, noun
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How to use disembark in a sentence
Three years earlier, the Pilgrims had disembarked at Plymouth Rock.
Jupiter and Saturn ‘great conjunction’ awes world. Here’s how to see it | rhhackettfortune | December 22, 2020 | FortuneOnce contact tracing has been completed, they will be allowed to disembark, but it’s unclear how long that will take.
A 2,000-person Royal Caribbean cruise to nowhere didn’t end well | Claire Zillman, reporter | December 9, 2020 | FortuneAfter hundreds of passengers fell ill with the coronavirus in February, nobody on the ship was allowed to disembark for weeks.
A COVID-19 time capsule captures pandemic moments for future researchers | Sujata Gupta | December 2, 2020 | Science NewsThey disembarked at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Auditorium.
California Will Keep Burning. But Housing Policy Is Making It Worse. | by Elizabeth Weil and Mollie Simon | October 2, 2020 | ProPublicaAfter disembarking, he headed to one of the airport’s covid-19 testing stations.
Hong Kong researchers say they’ve found the world’s first case of covid-19 reinfection | Antonio Regalado | August 24, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.
Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees | Barbie Latza Nadeau | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe sea passage takes about half an hour of an 11-hour journey, and the passengers never have to disembark.
Italy's Latest Export Is Refugees, and the Rest of Europe Is Not Happy | Barbie Latza Nadeau | August 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the 3rd of September we ran into the port of Singapore; but it was so late in the evening, that we could not disembark.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferThe reader sees his fellow passengers, the characters, disembark, waves them good-bye–and turns to sail for other isles!
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThis meant, "Divisions of boats to assemble round ships for which they are told off, to disembark infantry and artillery."
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellAfter a short interval, his excellency returned, and intimated that the royal party would disembark in half an hour.
History of Prince Edward Island | Duncan CampbellUpon Flamininus bidding him disembark, he stood up on board and refused to leave his ship.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. II (of 2) | Polybius
British Dictionary definitions for disembark
/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːk) /
to land or cause to land from a ship, aircraft, etc: several passengers disembarked; we will disembark the passengers
Derived forms of disembark
- disembarkation (dɪsˌɛmbɑːˈkeɪʃən) or disembarkment, noun
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