disembark

Etymology

dis- + embark

verb

  1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
    The general disembarked the troops.
    Go to the bay, and disembark my coffers. 1604, William Shakespeare, Othello
  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. November 30 2022, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 77
  3. (transitive) To go ashore from (a boat); to leave (a train or aircraft)
    We disembarked the ferry.

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