disembark

[dis-em-bahrk]

verb (used without object)

1. to go ashore from a ship.

2. to leave an aircraft or other vehicle.

verb (used with object)

1. to remove or unload (cargo or passengers) from a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.

disembark

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːk, dɪsˌɛmbɑːˈkeɪʃən /

verb

1. to land or cause to land from a ship, aircraft, etc

   several passengers disembarked

   we will disembark the passengers

Other Word Forms

• disembarkation noun
• disembarkment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembark¹

1575–85; < Middle French desembarquer, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + embarquer to embark

Example Sentences

Eventually, the group was allowed to disembark after intervention from a local charity.

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The home affairs ministry finally allowed the passengers to disembark when an NGO said it would provide them with accommodation.

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All passengers disembarked at Horn Island in the far north of Queensland over the weekend and were transferred to the mainland on a charter plane.

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NAGOYA, Japan—The tourists who crowd the bullet trains from Tokyo tend not to disembark at Nagoya as they speed along the so-called Golden Route linking the Japanese capital with Kyoto and Osaka.

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Lina, a German student who did not give her second name, said she had been hoping to travel to Barcelona on Monday but was told she had to disembark her train in Paris.

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Related Words

• alight 
• dismount