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DISEMBARK
disembark, debark, set down
(verb) go ashore; “The passengers disembarked at Southampton”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
Synonyms: land, debark
(intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or airplane
Synonyms: debark, alight, get off, get out
Antonyms
• embark
Source: Wiktionary
Dis`em*bark", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Disembarking.] Etym: [Pref. dis- + embark: cf. F. désembarquer.]
Definition: To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. Shak.
Dis`em*bark", v. i.
Definition: To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark. And, making fast their moorings, disembarked. Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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