debark

Verb

Open English WordNet

Verb (1)debarked, debarking

  1. go ashore“The passengers disembarked at Southampton”Synonyms: disembarkset downOpposite embarkMore general land, set down
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

De′bark′ transitive & intransitive verb [past tense & past participle Debarked; present participle & verbal noun Debarking.]

Origin: F. débarquer; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.

To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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