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

The latest case was reported by France on Monday and involved a passenger who disembarked the ship one day earlier, Olivier le Polain, unit head of epidemiology and analytics for response with the WHO, said. —Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 12 May 2026

Passengers disembarked the cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands over the weekend and were transferred to charter flights back to their home countries. —ABC News, 12 May 2026

Passengers board a plane in Tenerife, Canary Islands, after disembarking from the Hondius on Monday. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 12 May 2026

More than 140 passengers and crew members on the vessel began disembarking in Spain's Canary Islands on Sunday, May 10, as previously reported by PEOPLE. —Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 12 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