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 On Wednesday, May 6, the vessel's operator Oceanwide Expeditions confirmed three individuals previously awaiting medical transfer have now disembarked the ship. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 And a passenger who was on the ship and disembarked on Saint Helena has also tested positive for the virus and is receiving treatment at the University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland. Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 6 May 2026 Health officials have launched monitoring efforts for passengers both on board and those who have already disembarked, coordinating across multiple countries as the investigation continues. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026 Guests and non-essential crew disembarked the vessel via a ferry, the cruise company added. Nathan Diller, USA Today, 5 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembarked
Verb
  • The aircraft landed safely and taxied to the gate normally, with no injuries reported on board, a United Airlines spokesperson said.
    Jay Blackman, NBC news, 4 May 2026
  • Despite the collision, the aircraft en roiute from Italy landed safely, and none of the 221 passengers or 10 crew members onboard were injured, a spokesperson for the airline said.
    Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 4 May 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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  • Following 19 months of surveillance, more than 500 troops, six helicopters, and several planes descended on the facility, which was being protected by a perimeter of roughly 30 pickup trucks and over 60 gunmen.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Earlier this month, as Pippin and Imani descended onto Montrose, Lueck told the Tribune that Pepper and Blaze had been recently spotted at their wintering grounds in Florida and North Carolina, respectively.
    Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026

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“Disembarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembarked. Accessed 7 May. 2026.

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