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as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
before you disembark, make sure you haven't left anything on your seat
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Recent Examples of disembark
Other restrictions include a daily cap of 6,000 cruise passengers disembarking in the city and a relocation of the anchorage for large cruise ships to farther out to sea, away from the city’s world-famous beaches.
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Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 2 July 2025
Cruise ships carrying more than 500 guests are also not permitted to disembark guests in Antarctica and operate cruise-only sailings there, according to IAATO.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Security didn’t immediately lock down the ship, and passengers weren’t fully searched before disembarking in Curaçao.
—Sarah Jones, People.com, 30 July 2025
More Main: Gene J. Puskar, Inset: Aaron M. Sprecher via AP/AP Photo
What to Know
Passengers began to disembark as normal, before officers boarded the flight, entered the cockpit, and arrested one of the pilots.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 2 July 2025
Cruise ships carrying more than 500 guests are also not permitted to disembark guests in Antarctica and operate cruise-only sailings there, according to IAATO.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 31 July 2025
Security didn’t immediately lock down the ship, and passengers weren’t fully searched before disembarking in Curaçao.
—Sarah Jones, People.com, 30 July 2025
More Main: Gene J. Puskar, Inset: Aaron M. Sprecher via AP/AP Photo
What to Know
Passengers began to disembark as normal, before officers boarded the flight, entered the cockpit, and arrested one of the pilots.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembark
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After landing on the ice runway, the aircraft’s engines remained running to prevent freezing during refueling, the air force said.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Celine Dion hasn’t released new music in some time, but that hasn’t stopped her from landing back on the Billboard charts.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The cybersecurity community has descended once again on Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for Black Hat USA 2025—and the mood feels different this year.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Video of the rescue shows authorities descending toward the rocky coastline with crashing waves as the rescuer secures both hikers before the helicopter lifts them into the air and takes them to safety.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
5 Aug. 2025
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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
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Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2024
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But editorial indulgence has resulted in such a sludge of footnotes and block quotes that the eye must often dismount and continue on foot.—
Book Marks
August 7,
Literary Hub,
7 Aug. 2025
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For instance, people on bicycles or skateboards may be asked to dismount and walk down the ramp into Buccaneer Park.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembark. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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