1
as in to land
to go ashore from a ship the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami

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as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle) before you disembark, make sure you haven't left anything on your seat

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Recent Examples of disembark The doc advises them not to disembark in Livingston, but continue on to Bozeman, where she can be properly treated. Matt Cabral, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2025 Among those who disembarked was Cassie (played by Last Man Standing‘s Molly Cook), a pregnant woman who appeared to endure some physical distress during the intense hijacking. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 26 Mar. 2025 Dragon capsule side hatch is open The Dragon capsule's side hatch is open as SpaceX and NASA's recovery team prepare to help crew members to disembark. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 Once the space craft has been hosed down and safely situated and secured, the Dragon capsule will be moved to the recovery platform, before the hatch will finally open and the astronauts can disembark. Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disembark
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  • In this scenario, the team moves down and lands Shavon Revel, who's capable of immediately starting in the team's secondary.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The team wasn't bad enough in 2024 to land a top pick, but also wasn't good enough to make the playoffs.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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  • Air enters through these grilles, descends vertically some 30 feet (10 meters) and then passes horizontally over four massive swimming pool size water baths, each with a maximum depth of 6.5 feet (two meters).
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • In an era when political discourse so often descends into outrage and division — on cable news, in Congress, even in school board races — the quiet decency shown in Skokie feels all the more remarkable.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2025
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  • About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.
    Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
    David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
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  • Fixed an issue where Yasuke could block with his teppo after being dismounted instead of his melee weapon.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Microchip claims that the new design is optimal for aerospace and defense mission-critical applications such as mobile radar, dismounted radios, dismounted IED jamming systems, autonomous sensor networks, and unmanned vehicles due to its compact size, low power consumption, and high precision.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2025

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