disembark

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disembark

  • /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑːk/ UK
  • /ˌdɪs.ɪmˈbɑɹk/ US

Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k

verb disembarks · disembarking · disembarked

  1. transitive To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore The general disembarked the troops.

    Similar: land, debark

  2. intransitive To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft. This time I disembark at Dumbarton Central, a station with two island platforms blessed with yellow brick buildings and iron canopies dating from 1896, and listed Grade A.

    Similar: debark, alight, get off, get out

  3. transitive To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft) We disembarked the ferry.

Opposite: embark

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verb

Opposite: embark

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verb to go ashore, to leave a train or airplane

Españoldesembarcar
日本語降りる oriru, 上陸する jōriku suru
中文登陸 /登陆 dēnglù, 下船 xiàchuán
Portuguêsdesembarcar, saltar em terra
Françaisdébarquer
Italianosbarcare
Русскийвыса́живаться vysáživatʹsja, вы́садиться výsaditʹsja, сходи́ть sxodítʹ, сойти́ sojtí
Tiếng Việtxuống xe

verb remove from on board a vessel

Españoldesembarcar
中文登陸 /登陆 dēnglù, 下船 xiàchuán
Portuguêsdesembarcar
Françaisdébarquer
Deutschausschiffen
Italianosbarcare
Românădescărca
Русскийвыса́живать vysáživatʹ, вы́садить výsaditʹ

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@misc{disembark_2026,
  title = {disembark},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disembark},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}