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disembarked

disembarked is the simple past and past participle of disembark.

Meaning of disembark

Verb

disembark (third-person singular simple present disembarks, present participle disembarking, simple past and past participle disembarked)

  1. (transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
    • The general disembarked the troops.
    Synonyms:
    land, debark
  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.2022 November 30, 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.

Questions about disembarked

What is disembarked the simple past and past participle of?
Disembarked is the simple past and past participle of disembark.

Words near disembarked in the dictionary

  1. disembalming
  2. disembalms
  3. disembark
  4. disembarkation
  5. disembarkations
  6. disembarked
  7. disembarkee
  8. disembarkees
  9. disembarker
  10. disembarkers
  11. disembarking

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