DEBARKED Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

debarked

verb

past tense of debark

as in landed

to go ashore from a ship the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor

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Recent Examples of debarked Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026

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The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.

— Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
The flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026

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Villa Vie had been trying to sell cabins up until passengers disembarked, and many people who had purchased one never even got a chance to board.

— Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
The Spanish Civil Guard later ruled out the presence of explosives and all 114 passengers and seven crew members disembarked safely.

— Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

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