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DEBARKATION

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de⋅bark

1  [di-bahrk]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to disembark.
Origin:
1645–55; < F débarquer, equiv. to dé- dis- 1 + barque bark 3 + -er inf. suffix

Related forms:
de⋅bar⋅ka⋅tion  [dee-bahr-key-shuhn] , noun
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de·bark   (dĭ-bärk')   
v.   de·barked, de·bark·ing, de·barks

v.   tr.
To unload, as from a ship or an airplane.
v.   intr.
To disembark.

[French débarquer : dé-, from (from Old French de-; see de-) + barque, ship (from Old French; see bark3).]
de'bar·ka'tion (dē'bär-kā'shən) n.
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