Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of disembarking.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Disembarkation.

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  • noun Disembarkation.

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  • noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

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Examples

  • Still, the debarkation was a moment of almost welcomed relief.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • Still, the debarkation was a moment of almost welcomed relief.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • Still, the debarkation was a moment of almost welcomed relief.

    The Do-or-Die Men George W. Smith 2003

  • It was a laudable ambition, but when the American reporters reached Tokyo on January 25, they learned of the stifling censorship imposed by the Japanese military authorities as well as their transportation ban: While every train leaving Tokyo was packed with soldiers bound on transports on the Sea of Japan, debarkation point for the Korean peninsula, all correspondents were refused travel arrangements.

    JACK LONDON'S WAR 2010

  • I lived in New York City for a couple years in the 1990s and never once imagined the city as a debarkation point for cruise ships.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • I lived in New York City for a couple years in the 1990s and never once imagined the city as a debarkation point for cruise ships.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • RootsTelevision.com within a few weeks of our debarkation in Puerto Rico.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • RootsTelevision.com within a few weeks of our debarkation in Puerto Rico.

    Shaking the Family Tree Buzzy Jackson 2010

  • It was a port of debarkation in WWII and thousands of those guys decided they were going back to stay if they made it home alive.

    McCain Campaign Piles Up New Falsehoods On Bridge To Nowhere 2009

  • Move quickly but calmly to your debarkation areas and let the Zombie Defense Teams take care of our late sweet lamented Jane.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Doing some breakfast radio in a coupla weeks. 2009

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