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To disembark is defined as a person or cargo to get off of a boat, aircraft or other form of transportation.

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When you get off of a plane, this is an example of a time when you disembark.

See disembark in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to unload (passengers or goods) from a ship, aircraft, etc.

Origin: Fr désembarquer: see dis- & embark

intransitive verb

to go ashore from a ship or leave an aircraft or other means of transportation

Related Forms:

disembarkation noun

See disembark in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb dis·em·barked, dis·em·bark·ing, dis·em·barks

verb, intransitive

To go ashore from a ship.
To leave a vehicle or aircraft.

verb, transitive

To take ashore from a ship.

Origin:

Origin: Probably obsolete French desembarquer

Origin: : des-, dis-

Origin: + embarquer, to embark; see embark

Related Forms:

dis·emˌbar·kaˈtion noun

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