disembark

verb

dis·​em·​bark ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk How to pronounce disembark (audio)
disembarked; disembarking; disembarks

transitive verb

: to remove to shore from a ship

intransitive verb

1
: to go ashore out of a ship
2
: to get out of a vehicle or craft

Examples of disembark in a Sentence

The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark. the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami
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The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025 Photo by Ole Dor/Shutterstock In late January, Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, signed a decree prohibiting large cruise ships with more than 900 passengers from disembarking at the nearby port of Villefranche-sur-Mer. Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025 Astronaut Sunita Williams smiles after disembarking the Dragon capsule after a safe splashdown back to Earth, near Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday. NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025 After disembarking at the Powell Street Station, riders can transfer to the Muni T Third trains at Union Square Station. Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disembark

Word History

Etymology

Middle French desembarquer, from des- dis- + embarquer to embark

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Time Traveler
The first known use of disembark was in 1582

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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disembark. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

disembark

verb
dis·​em·​bark ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk How to pronounce disembark (audio)
: to go or put ashore from a ship
the passengers disembarked

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