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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The company disembarked from their landing craft at around 7 a.m.
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Photo by Ole Dor/Shutterstock In late January, Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, signed a decree prohibiting large cruise ships with more than 900 passengers from disembarking at the nearby port of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Astronaut Sunita Williams smiles after disembarking the Dragon capsule after a safe splashdown back to Earth, near Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
After disembarking at the Powell Street Station, riders can transfer to the Muni T Third trains at Union Square Station.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2025
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Kerry Breen, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025
Photo by Ole Dor/Shutterstock In late January, Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, signed a decree prohibiting large cruise ships with more than 900 passengers from disembarking at the nearby port of Villefranche-sur-Mer.
—Jessica Benavides Canepa, AFAR Media, 17 Apr. 2025
Astronaut Sunita Williams smiles after disembarking the Dragon capsule after a safe splashdown back to Earth, near Tallahassee, Fla., on Tuesday.
—NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
After disembarking at the Powell Street Station, riders can transfer to the Muni T Third trains at Union Square Station.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 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 4 May. 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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