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disembark

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dis⋅em⋅bark

  [dis-em-bahrk]
Use disembark in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to go ashore from a ship.
2. to leave an aircraft or other vehicle.
–verb (used with object)
3. to remove or unload (cargo or passengers) from a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle.
Origin:
1575–85; < MF desembarquer, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + embarquer to embark

Related forms:
dis⋅em⋅bar⋅ka⋅tion  [dis-em-bahr-key-shuhn] , dis⋅em⋅bark⋅ment, noun
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dis·em·bark   (dĭs'ěm-bärk')   
v.   dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks

v.   intr.

  1. To go ashore from a ship.

  2. To leave a vehicle or aircraft.

v.   tr.
To take ashore from a ship.

[Probably obsolete French desembarquer : des-, dis- + embarquer, to embark; see embark.]
dis·em'bar·ka'tion n.
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Word Origin & History

disembark 
1582, from M.Fr. desembarquer.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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