embarkation

noun

Definition of embarkationnext
as in evacuation

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Recent Examples of embarkation The museum will be near the embarkation points for future diving tours to the ship, according to the SS United States Conservancy, which is helping with the museum. — Laura Fay, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Your cruise line might collect your passport upon initial embarkation, or crew will go into your stateroom to retrieve it. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026 The Blue Lizard sunscreen goes into my embarkation tote beside my swimsuit. — Amanda Eyre Ward, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Instead, Griswold recommends asking a crew member or your travel advisor what other restaurants are serving lunch on embarkation day. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2026 Arriving the day before a sailing is especially important when the embarkation port is far from home, and if time and money permit, staying at least one night after debarkation helps keep a quick getaway from feeling too fleeting. — David Dickstein, Oc Register, 15 July 2026 For many cruisers, flying in the day before embarkation is a wise precaution. — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embarkation
  1. evacuation
  2. disembarkation
  3. emigration
  4. exodus
  5. diaspora
  6. flight
Noun
  • Aerial footage shows water-dropping aircraft at the scene, with crews mobilizing in the adjacent neighborhood to enforce evacuation.
    — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Mailed packages containing a powdery substance led to the evacuation this week of election offices in at least two states, Louisiana and Oklahoma.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of evacuation
Noun
  • Upon the Lincoln’s arrival in the morning, service members could be seen working aboard the deck as loudspeakers played announcements about the process for disembarkation.
    — Mosheh Gains, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Mainstream cruise lines automatically add gratuities to guests’ onboard accounts, but guests can adjust them before disembarkation.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of disembarkation
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  • Advertisement Since 2023, Israel has seen record levels of emigration and growing international isolation.
    — Dahlia Scheindlin, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Shortages of skilled labor are restraining production in defense firms and across the economy, compounded by the emigration of several hundred thousand mostly younger people due to fears of conscription and political repression.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of emigration
Noun
  • Cristobal Young, a sociology professor at Cornell University, said previous California tax increases on millionaires didn't lead to a mass exodus of wealthy people.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Williamsburg was rezoned, Bushwick wasn’t, but both experienced rapid gentrification and a mass exodus of artists.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of exodus
Noun
  • The multi-story venue features a 160-seat cinema that organizers said will exclusively programme Black films from across the African diaspora.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
  • His main adversary is not a political rival or a diaspora activist, however.
    — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of diaspora
Noun
  • Thursday’s demonstration did not show long-range flight capabilities.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The co-pilot is alleged to have stabbed the plane’s captain and taken over the flight controls with the intention of crashing it into Ben-Gurion airport.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of flight

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“Embarkation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embarkation. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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