disembarked

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 Villa Vie had been trying to sell cabins up until passengers disembarked, and many people who had purchased one never even got a chance to board. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026 The Spanish Civil Guard later ruled out the presence of explosives and all 114 passengers and seven crew members disembarked safely. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026 The 6-year-old disembarked with several other young students and attempted to cross the busy intersection of Barrington and Lanecrest drives. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026 Germany failed in its objective to capture Calais and Boulogne, the ports where British reinforcements disembarked, and the front settled down on a long ​north–​south line from near Ostend in Belgium to the Swiss border. — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026 Scores of new fathers kissed their babies for the first time, couples cried and embraced and hundreds of parents let out a collective sigh of relief as the crew disembarked on the north end of the Coronado peninsula. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026 The third pilot flew it to Saudi Arabia, where the plane landed and the passengers disembarked. — Anna Burd, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026 The relief was palpable in the Thai resort city of Pattaya on Wednesday as service members disembarked for a night on the town. — Sam Winslade, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026 The switch was revealed when a Secret Service agent resembling Clinton stepped out of Air Force One upon touching down in Pakistan, while Clinton disembarked from the second aircraft. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 12 Aug. 2026
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  • The studio fussiness is why Fagen’s music would later go in and out of style—when raw sounds are in fashion, people tend to point out where his band’s singles landed on the Easy Listening charts.
    — Mark Richardson, Pitchfork, 8 Nov. 2026
  • The flight landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
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  • Buck has long since dismounted from his high horse, but people who live in glass houses that are also occupied by Mike Darnell should probably be a bit more judicious when hucking rocks.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the owner of the carriage involved in the fatal crash suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse, according to union officials, who said the driver improperly dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers.
    — Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
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  • One day before voters will ultimately choose between them, gubernatorial candidates Byron Donalds and David Jolly descended upon an unlikely battleground — ruby red Polk County, where Democrats are turning out at a higher rate than Republicans.
    — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This July, some ten thousand people descended on London for the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
    — Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

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

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