disembark

English

Etymology

dis- +‎ embark

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k

Verb

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
    The general disembarked the troops.
    Synonyms: land, debark
    • 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.
    • 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.
    Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for disembark in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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