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as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
before you disembark, make sure you haven't left anything on your seat
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Recent Examples of disembark
The boat anchors directly on the shoreline, where guests will disembark on the sand for a glorious beach day.
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Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The images of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron disembarking in Vietnam trigger a lot of comment.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
In the sequel, the ark is now on dry land and the stowaway rats, Vini and Tito alongside female rat Nina, visit the other animals who have disembarked.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 May 2025
This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Angela Caraway-Carlton, Miami Herald, 8 May 2025
The images of Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron disembarking in Vietnam trigger a lot of comment.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2025
In the sequel, the ark is now on dry land and the stowaway rats, Vini and Tito alongside female rat Nina, visit the other animals who have disembarked.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 8 May 2025
This was to be a way station, not a terminus; after disembarking there, immigrants would be encouraged to fan out, helping to establish Jewish communities throughout the southwestern half of the nation.
—Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembark
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There’s very little chance the club’s top selection (currently landing in the third round) will have any impact on the Oilers’ fortunes before the end of the decade.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
22 June 2025
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Jones sustained the injury after landing on Mercury guard Sami Whitcomb’s foot on a shot attempt at the 8:35 mark of the second quarter on Thursday.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
22 June 2025
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Last year, Japan saw record numbers of international visitors, many of whom descend on regions like Kyoto to buy high-grade matcha rarely available overseas.—
HubSpot,
HubSpot,
20 June 2025
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The sixty-eight-year-old Harold Boyd was lifting weights inside his modest home gym when the brothers descended the basement steps.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 June 2025
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About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2024
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Dragoons followed in leather breeches and woolen gaiters, dismounted for the moment but hopeful of finding American horses ahead.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Fixed an issue where players attempting to save and load during the 'Get on your mount' objective caused Rin to spawn dismounted and follow Yasuke on foot, blocking progression.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembark. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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