disembarkation

noun

disembarkation

noun

UK /ˌdɪs.ɪm.bɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/ · US /ˌdɪs.ɛm.bɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology From dis- + embarkation or disembark + -ation.

1

The act of disembarking.

  • Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41:

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