disembarkation

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UK/ˌdɪs.ɪm.bɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/US/ˌdɪs.ɛm.bɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

The act of disembarking.

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debarkationdisembarkment
Opposite
embarkation
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Meanings

noundisembarkation (countable and uncountable, plural disembarkations)

plural disembarkations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of disembarking.

    Disembarkation seemed a slow business. From the deck one watched a "Merchant Navy" Pacific drift lazily along the track beside the wall of the Marine Station, and little South Eastern tanks go snorting fussily about.

    1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 41

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

Similar
debarkationdisembarkment
Opposite
embarkation
Broader
landing
Also see
debarkationdisembarkment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From dis- + embarkation or disembark + -ation.

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Translations

Catalan desembarcament, desembarcada
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Danish afstigning
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Finnish maihinnousu
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French débarquement
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Greek αποβίβαση
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Hungarian kiszállás
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Latin egressio, egressum
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Māori hekenga, makeretanga
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Norwegian ilandstigning
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Polish wyładowanie
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Portuguese desembarque, desembarco
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Spanish desembarque, desembarco
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Swedish avstigning
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Cite this entry
APA

disembarkation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarkation

MLA

“disembarkation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarkation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disembarkation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disembarkation.

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