disembarked

Definition of disembarkednext
past tense of disembark
1
as in landed
to go ashore from a ship the cruise passengers disembarked as soon as they got to the terminal in Miami

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2
as in dismounted
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 disembarked All guests and non-essential crew disembarked with their luggage and personal belongings, according to Blue Lagoon Cruises. Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2026 Guests and non-essential crew disembarked the vessel via a ferry, the cruise company added. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2026 The astronauts flew themselves from Houston, which houses NASA’s Johnson Space Center, in two T-38 training jets and then disembarked to speak with reporters. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2026 The Trojans, in good spirits after Meade’s pep talk, disembarked and filed into the 24-year-old stadium tucked neatly between Memorial Gymnasium and FirstBank Stadium on the western edge of Vanderbilt’s urban campus. Mitch Light, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026 Victor Rillet, a 21-year-old Frenchman, disembarked the steamship Washington in New York in October 1864, carrying the kind of optimism that fuels both great innovation and spectacular disappointment. The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 That was where miners disembarked for the northern mines in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Paddleboards are disembarked next to an unassuming cliff face. Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2026 Passengers on board flight 2323 then disembarked and were bused back to the terminal, per United. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
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  • The moment the plane landed, a mob poured onto the runway and began chasing it by jeep, by motorbike, and on foot.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
  • All My Sons also landed the award for Best Revival this evening in London.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Apr. 2026
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  • Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Buxton had just descended some 130 feet from a hovering helicopter to help her.
    Conor Wight, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • When Orion descended using a method of skipping in and out of the atmosphere to reduce speed, NASA thinks that caused the unexpected heat shield damage.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2026

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“Disembarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembarked. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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