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.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debarked
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The passengers left on a chartered flight from Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, on Sunday and landed at Torrejón de Ardoz military airport, east of Madrid, according to Spain’s Defense Ministry.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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That game, a 34-31 Wildcats win in the first year of the Shedeur Sanders era, was the first impression Coleman left on the state of Colorado before the Broncos landed on him two years later.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
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Eighteen American citizens, including one British dual national, disembarked the ship off Tenerife, Spain, on May 10, before returning stateside.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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More than 120 people on board during the outbreak — all passengers and some crew — disembarked on Sunday and Monday and are now quarantined in several countries.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 May 2026
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“Debarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debarked. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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