disembark

verb dis·em·bark \ ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk \

|Updated on: 11 Aug 2018

Examples: disembark in a Sentence

Definition of disembark

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

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disembarkation

play \(ˌ)dis-ˌem-ˌbär-ˈkā-shən, -bər-\ noun

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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 of disembark from the Web

Passengers disembarking a plane in the middle of the Hudson River without their life jackets on.

— george hobica, USA TODAY, "Should fliers be forced to watch the safety video?," 25 Apr. 2018
In rural Australia, the airport did not have ramps, and Donna had to disembark the plane on a forklift.

— claire hogan and ashley vaughan, CNN, "Doctors told him to check his wife into a nursing home. Instead, he wheeled her around the world," 13 Apr. 2018
The 71-year-old former Celebrity Apprentice host was photographed alongside wife Melania Trump and their 12-year-old son Baron Trump disembarking Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport late Friday evening.

— dave quinn, PEOPLE.com, "Melania Joins Trump Amid Cheating Scandals as Family Leaves D.C. Ahead of March for Our Lives," 24 Mar. 2018
Among the allegations in the Israeli indictment were making a bomb threat against an El-Al flight to Israel that sparked fighter jets to be scrambled, and threatening a Canadian airport, which required passengers to disembark on emergency slides.

— josef federman, chicagotribune.com, "Hacker whose bomb threats sparked fears of anti-Semitism rise in U.S. convicted in Israel," 28 June 2018
Among the allegations in the Israeli indictment were making a bomb threat against an El-Al flight to Israel that sparked fighter jets to be scrambled, and threatening a Canadian airport, which required passengers to disembark on emergency slides.

— Washington Post, "Israel convicts hacker who threatened US Jewish centers," 28 June 2018
Crew aboard the Diciotti began disembarking passengers in Catania's port early Wednesday.

— Fox News, "The Latest: Italy summons French ambassador in migrant spat," 13 June 2018
Gathered outside a train station in the capital, Pyongyang, a crowd watched Kim disembarking from an Air China flight and shaking hands with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

— angela dewan, CNN, "North Korean media quiet on historic Trump-Kim summit," 12 June 2018
Gobeil said there were no reports of injuries, and the passengers disembarked from the plane approximately an hour after the emergency landing.

— NBC News, "Delta plane makes emergency landing in Atlanta," 19 Apr. 2018

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