disembark

verb

dis·​em·​bark ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk 

disembarked; disembarking; disembarks

transitive verb

: to remove to shore from a ship

intransitive verb

1

: to go ashore out of a ship

2

: to get out of a vehicle or craft

disembarkation

(ˌ)dis-ˌem-ˌbär-ˈkā-shən  -bər- 

noun

Synonyms of disembark

• land
• debark

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Oceanwide Expeditions, operator of the cruise ship MV Hondius, says at least 29 living passengers from 12 countries disembarked the ship and went home after the death of the first passenger on board (before officials knew of the outbreak). —Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

Additional crew members later disembarked from the ship in the Netherlands. —Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 25 May 2026

Woods was seen disembarking his plane at Palm Beach International Airport on May 13, and while the assumption was that his return to the States signaled the end of his treatment overseas, the return to Switzerland likely signals that the rehab process is ongoing. —Mark Harris, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026

After disembarking, a Turkish travel influencer attended a wedding in Istanbul; a British man exposed to the virus was tracked down in a bar in Milan. —Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle French desembarquer, from des- dis- + embarquer to embark

First Known Use

1582, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for disembark

• matriarch
• meadowlark
• patriarch
• watermark
• arc
• ark
• bark
• barque
• dark
• hark
• lark
• marc

Kids Definition

disembark

verb

dis·​em·​bark ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk 

: to go or put ashore from a ship

the passengers disembarked

disembarkation

(ˌ)dis-ˌem-ˌbär-ˈkā-shən  -bər- 

noun