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

Airbus built the rover in the United Kingdom and is supplying the main structure for the lander, which will settle onto Mars and deploy ramps for the rover to disembark and begin its mission. —Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026

He was photographed in the cockpit before changing out of his uniform and disembarking with the Queen. —Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 Apr. 2026

Local media reported gunfire as some Haitians forced the drivers of small colorful buses known as tap-taps to get their passengers to disembark. —Evens Sanon, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026

Local media reported gunfire as some Haitians forced the drivers of small colorful buses known as tap-taps to disembark their passengers. —Evens Sanon, Fortune, 12 Apr. 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