Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of disembarking.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Disembarkation.
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- noun
disembarkation
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
Etymologies
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Examples
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VELSHI: When you got off the plane, was it a normal disembarkment?
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VELSHI: When you got off the plane, was it a normal disembarkment?
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VELSHI: When you got off the plane, was it a normal disembarkment?
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And what we saw, if you take a look at the tape, even before people were allowed to get off, they were already amassing either on the balconies or at the windows to take a look as they waited pretty patiently for the disembarkment process.
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SHIELDS: Well, I think it was -- I think people were scared but every -- when you get on a cruise ship, they have a drill for disembarkment in the case of emergency.
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They docked around 8: 00 p.m. last night and had a pretty straightforward disembarkment.
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They had a very orderly disembarkment, very quiet, very calm.
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They went on to discuss our disembarkment there and which jankship my father should book our passage on.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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The sense he had so often had, since the first hour of his disembarkment, of being further and further “in,” treated him again at this moment to another twinge; but in this wonderful way of her putting him in there continued to be something exquisitely remorseless.
The Ambassadors 2003
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A hand-over-hand journey down a narrow tube brings me to a near-empty carousel; a quick spin, then I'm deposited in a disembarkment area.
A King of Infinite Space Steele, Allen 1997
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