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disembark

[ dis-em-bahrk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used without object)

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

disembark

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbɑːk; dɪsˌɛmbɑːˈkeɪʃən /

to land or cause to land from a ship, aircraft, etc
several passengers disembarked
we will disembark the passengers

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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