disembark

verb — 3 senses

disembark

verb

UK /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/ · US /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/

Etymology From dis- + embark.

1

To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore

  • The general disembarked the troops.
  • Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers.1604, William Shakespeare, Othello:
2

To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.

  • 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.2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77:
3

To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)

  • We disembarked the ferry.
Antonyms
embark
Derived terms
disembarkation, disembarkee, disembarker, disembarkment

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