deboard

verb

de·​board (ˌ)dē-ˈbȯrd 

deboarded; deboarding; deboards

1

transitive + intransitive : to get out of a vehicle or craft

UK passengers on a plane to Germany were told to deboard [=disembark] or face … quarantine at the airport when they landed.

—Connor Perrett

… does not allow passengers to deboard and board the train at the same time.

—Colleen Wilson

2

transitive : to cause (someone) to get out of a vehicle or craft

deboarded the passengers

Examples of deboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Daytrippers who deboard, stay only a few hours, overflow the main tourist hubs and spend little outside of the tacky tourist shops and restaurants that proliferate these areas. — Duncan Madden, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

The Boeing 737-700 was carrying 119 passengers and five crew members, and all passengers were forced to deboard the plane during the investigation, United said. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Nov. 2025

In December, the airline settled a federal race discrimination lawsuit involving three Black men who were required to deboard a plane after a flight attendant complained about an unidentified passenger’s body odor. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Jan. 2025

Not invited to the coronation, the Windsors would deboard at Le Havre and head to their house in Paris. — Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Town & Country, 2 May 2023

Guests can board and deboard at any of the railroad’s eight stations between Independence and downtown Akron. — Megan Becka, cleveland, 12 July 2022

The plane taxied back to its gate to let passengers deboard after the tire was changed. — Dallas News, 1 July 2022

That same day, the Oregon State baseball team was forced to hastily deboard a plane at PDX and abandon a trip to Arizona after news arrived that coach Mitch Canham’s first season — and the Beavers’ national championship hopes — were finished. — oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined at sense 1