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

• debark
• land

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

In more mundane incidents during a flight, sitting near an emergency exit would allow passengers to disembark sooner than others. —Colson Thayer, People.com, 18 June 2025

Pilgrims disembark from buses to undertake a symbolic trek across rocky terrain, marking the spiritual start of their journey. —Zia Ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025

Cruisers will stop in Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Mobile before disembarking on the sparkling white shore of Pensacola, Florida. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 May 2025

Even the lucky few who did attend have likely disembarked to their more humdrum hometowns. —Gráinne O'Hara Belluomo, Footwear News, 26 May 2025

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