disembark

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ embark.

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disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

  1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
    Synonyms: land, debark
    The general disembarked the troops.
    • 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:
      Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.
  2. (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
    Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out
    • 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
      This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.
  3. (transitive) To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)
    We disembarked the ferry.

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