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 office of French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed suggestions of discord after footage emerged appearing to show his wife, Brigitte Macron, pushing him in the face before the couple disembarked from a plane in Vietnam.
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 May 2025
The black luxury bus pulled up to the front entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel Austin at twilight, and when Jim Irsay disembarked — cane in hand, flustered expression on his weathered face — something seemed a little off.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Just days before, 400 Chinese migrants headed for gold mines in Victoria disembarked from the ship.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The cries of women and children disembarking from cattle cars, the snarling barks of German Shepherds, the dull pounding of innocent people choking to death on Zyklon B become infinitely more powerful when the human mind is left to fill in the visual gaps.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 May 2025
The black luxury bus pulled up to the front entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel Austin at twilight, and when Jim Irsay disembarked — cane in hand, flustered expression on his weathered face — something seemed a little off.
—Michael Silver, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Just days before, 400 Chinese migrants headed for gold mines in Victoria disembarked from the ship.
—Kameryn Griesser, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
The cries of women and children disembarking from cattle cars, the snarling barks of German Shepherds, the dull pounding of innocent people choking to death on Zyklon B become infinitely more powerful when the human mind is left to fill in the visual gaps.
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disembark. Accessed 29 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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