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disembark
verb dis·em·bark \ˌdis-əm-ˈbärk\
: to leave a ship or airplane
: to remove (something or someone) from a ship or airplane
Full Definition of DISEMBARK
transitive verb
: to remove to shore from a ship
intransitive verb
1
: to go ashore out of a ship
2
: to get out of a vehicle or craft
— dis·em·bar·ka·tion \(ˌ)dis-ˌem-ˌbär-ˈkā-shən, -bər-\ noun
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Origin of DISEMBARK
Middle French desembarquer, from des- dis- + embarquer to embark
Rhymes with DISEMBARK
accent mark, acritarch, antiquark, cutty sark, deutsche mark, double-park, great white shark, hierarch, Joan of Arc, make one's mark, matriarch, meadowlark, metalmark, minipark, oligarch, paperbark, patriarch, Plimsoll mark, question mark, service mark, stringybark, telemark, thresher shark, tiger shark, trierarch, watermark, water park
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disembark
verb dis·em·bark \ˌdi-səm-ˈbärk\
dis·em·barkeddis·em·bark·ing
Definition of DISEMBARK for Kids
: to leave or remove from a ship or airplane
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