disembark
verb
dis·em·bark
ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk 
disembarked; disembarking; disembarks
: to remove to shore from a ship
Examples of disembark in a Sentence
The plane's crew members were the last ones to disembark.
the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami
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Light armored vehicles assigned to the United States 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark a landing craft air cushion during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on July 9, 2025.
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Video of a wild bust-up on an American Airlines flight shows two men battling it out in the aisle after one allegedly grabbed a woman's neck while passengers disembarked.
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The other was a sailor who had fallen between two ships while disembarking one and boarding another.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
If guests disembark remembering a 48-hour rendang or a pavlova as clearly as the coral walls, the strategy has already paid off.
—Lela London, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Video of a wild bust-up on an American Airlines flight shows two men battling it out in the aisle after one allegedly grabbed a woman's neck while passengers disembarked.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
The other was a sailor who had fallen between two ships while disembarking one and boarding another.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for disembark
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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disembark. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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disembark
verb
dis·em·bark
ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk
: to go or put ashore from a ship
the passengers disembarked
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