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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In the climax, the yacht docks in Norway, and everyone disembarks.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Franklin disembarked to the news that shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Before disembarking, Karl is greeted by his immigrant uncle, Edward Jakob, whom the cook had notified of his impending arrival.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a federal judge ordered the cruise lines Carnival, MSC SA, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian to pay more than $400 million in damages to Havana Docks, the American company that had the concession to the Havana port facilities the cruise companies used to disembark passengers between 2015-19.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Franklin disembarked to the news that shots had been fired at Lexington and Concord.
—Stacy Schiff, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Before disembarking, Karl is greeted by his immigrant uncle, Edward Jakob, whom the cook had notified of his impending arrival.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
In 2022, a federal judge ordered the cruise lines Carnival, MSC SA, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian to pay more than $400 million in damages to Havana Docks, the American company that had the concession to the Havana port facilities the cruise companies used to disembark passengers between 2015-19.
—Nora Gamez Torres, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 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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