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

   we will disembark the passengers

   several passengers disembarked

Derived Forms

• disembarkation, noun

Other Words From

• dis·em·bar·ka·tion [dis-em-bahr-, key, -sh, uh, n], disem·barkment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembark¹

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

Example Sentences

Three years earlier, the Pilgrims had disembarked at Plymouth Rock.

From Fortune

Once contact tracing has been completed, they will be allowed to disembark, but it’s unclear how long that will take.

From Fortune

After hundreds of passengers fell ill with the coronavirus in February, nobody on the ship was allowed to disembark for weeks.

From Science News

They disembarked at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial Auditorium.

From ProPublica

After disembarking, he headed to one of the airport’s covid-19 testing stations.

From MIT Technology Review

Once the ships that rescued them dock at port, they disembark.

From The Daily Beast

The sea passage takes about half an hour of an 11-hour journey, and the passengers never have to disembark.

From The Daily Beast

On the 3rd of September we ran into the port of Singapore; but it was so late in the evening, that we could not disembark.

From Project Gutenberg

The reader sees his fellow passengers, the characters, disembark, waves them good-bye–and turns to sail for other isles!

From Project Gutenberg

This meant, "Divisions of boats to assemble round ships for which they are told off, to disembark infantry and artillery."

From Project Gutenberg

After a short interval, his excellency returned, and intimated that the royal party would disembark in half an hour.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon Flamininus bidding him disembark, he stood up on board and refused to leave his ship.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• alight
• dismount