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

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Recent Examples of debark About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m. Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025 Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside. David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024 If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens. Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024 On June 21, 1948, 1,027 people from the Caribbean debarked the Empire Windrush in London. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023 The trees are debarked in around another nine years to allow for enough growth time. Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023 Officers from the Ronald Reagan debarked Sunday and were greeted by Vietnamese officers after mooring in Da Nang, a port that was modernized and expanded by the United States during the war for its own use. David Rising, ajc, 26 June 2023 The woman's body and her husband were debarked in Nassau, according to Carnival spokesperson Matt Lupoli. Nathan Diller, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023 In summary, first look to see if the stems have been debarked by squirrels. oregonlive, 25 Jan. 2020
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  • Passengers had just disembarked a 7-day Western Caribbean cruise on the Carnival Jubilee when the fight broke out.
    Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Nearly 30 people are banned from sailing with Carnival Cruise Line after getting into a fight while disembarking a cruise over the weekend.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • If the House settlement is approved, some D-I athletes will also land shares of average power conference athletic media, ticket and sponsorship revenue.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 May 2025
  • The company landed $23 million in seed funding from MassMutual Ventures that will allow DePoly to finish and open a 500-metric-ton-per-year recycling showcase plant in Monthey, Switzerland this summer.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 5 May 2025

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“Debark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debark. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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