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as in to descend
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
before you disembark, make sure you haven't left anything on your seat
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Recent Examples of disembark
Each year, around 20 million visitors disembark in Venice.
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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After hovering for another minute, the car was slowly lowered into an aisle way on the floor, where Beyoncé disembarked.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
After days enduring the unsanitary conditions, the ship finally made it to Mobile and passengers disembarked.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 June 2025
The passenger was in the process disembarking while Norwegian Epic was docked in Catania, Sicily, on May 30, according to a spokesperson for the cruise line.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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Joe Sills, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
After hovering for another minute, the car was slowly lowered into an aisle way on the floor, where Beyoncé disembarked.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
After days enduring the unsanitary conditions, the ship finally made it to Mobile and passengers disembarked.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 June 2025
The passenger was in the process disembarking while Norwegian Epic was docked in Catania, Sicily, on May 30, according to a spokesperson for the cruise line.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembark
Verb
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Wood hit 16 homers, including one that landed on the roof of the Chop House behind the right-field wall.—
Ronald Blum,
Baltimore Sun,
15 July 2025
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Wood hit 16 homers, including a 486-foot shot and one that landed on the roof of the Chop House behind the right-field wall.—
Ronald Blum,
Chicago Tribune,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Riders descend the steep volcanic slope at speeds up to 40 miles per hour, wearing jumpsuits and goggles for protection.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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The company descended into a form of professional wrestling madness as storylines no longer made sense, with the curtain frequently pulled back to expose pro wrestling in a way that was heresy to many longtime fans.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN Money,
24 July 2025
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About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.—
David Caraccio,
Sacramento Bee,
21 Feb. 2024
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Dragoons followed in leather breeches and woolen gaiters, dismounted for the moment but hopeful of finding American horses ahead.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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Fixed an issue where players attempting to save and load during the 'Get on your mount' objective caused Rin to spawn dismounted and follow Yasuke on foot, blocking progression.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Disembark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembark. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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