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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
During this period of the Atlantic slave trade, nearly 300,000 enslaved persons were transported in slave ships from African ports to mainland North America and more than 3.4 million disembarked in the British and French West Indies.
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Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
They were greeted by Sanon, who had disembarked days earlier from a private jet, and Ashkard Pierre, a friend of the pastor, who is also the subject of a wanted poster, in connection to the assassination, issued by Haitian police.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Droves of delegates arriving for the WEF were disembarking from their trains via a temporary railway platform that had been built halfway between the permanent Davos Dorf and Davos Platz stations that bookend the town.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Even something as straightforward-seeming as passengers boarding and disembarking from the ship is more complicated here.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Ana Lucia Araujo / Made By History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
They were greeted by Sanon, who had disembarked days earlier from a private jet, and Ashkard Pierre, a friend of the pastor, who is also the subject of a wanted poster, in connection to the assassination, issued by Haitian police.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
Droves of delegates arriving for the WEF were disembarking from their trains via a temporary railway platform that had been built halfway between the permanent Davos Dorf and Davos Platz stations that bookend the town.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Even something as straightforward-seeming as passengers boarding and disembarking from the ship is more complicated here.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembark
Verb
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Suddenly, my dad flew/fell across the kitchen from above, landing on the floor of the dining room on his right side.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
9 Feb. 2025
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Shiller remembers that when SJSU was seeking candidates to fill the post that Faas eventually landed, Shiller took note that Faas’ background was more community-oriented rather than academic.—
George Avalos,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Witnesses said they were caught off-guard by the agents descending on their homes and that many hid in their apartments, afraid federal agents would barge in.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The night of Charlotte FC’s inaugural home match — March 5, 2022 — when over 74,000 people descended on Bank of America Stadium and made for one of the most special nights in the city’s sports history.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Feb. 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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If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2024
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Considered one of the best bull riders of all time, Lane Frost was tragically killed in 1989 at the age of 25 after dismounting a bull at Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
11 Dec. 2024
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The initial assaults over the weekend involved dismounted infantry walking in neat lines across snowy fields without much apparent support from artillery or aircraft.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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