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Debark

Debark \De"bark"\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debarked; p. pr. & vb. n. Debarking.] [F. d['e]barquer; pref. d['e]- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.] To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
debark

1650s, from French débarquer (16c.), from de- (Old French des-; see dis-) + barque "bark" (see bark (n.2)).

Wiktionary
debark

Etymology 1 vb. 1 (context transitive English) To unload goods from an aircraft or ship. 2 (context intransitive English) To disembark. Etymology 2

vb. (context transitive forestry English) To remove the bark from a tree that has been felled. Etymology 3

vb. (context transitive English) To devocalize (a dog).

WordNet
debark

v. go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton" [syn: disembark, set down] [ant: embark]

Wikipedia
Debark

Debark or debarking may refer to:

  • Debark (ship), to offload or leave a ship
  • Debarking (lumber), removing bark from lumber
  • Debarking, devocalization when applied to dogs

Usage examples of "debark".

And then he ordered the Sergeant to debark first, to line the men up in the shade of the wing, and to keep them there.

To keep in trim, Michaelmas stepped forward deftly and debarked just behind Norwood and Frontiere.

Louis apparently and that man was standing there on the platform with the guitar although he had not seen her when she debarked, since he was looking the other way.

Black and his party debarked the aircraft and disappeared through a small door in the huge hangar door.

Presently we passengers had debarked, and stood stamping and chafing our hands about the stove in the station-house.

Thus, the assault echelons, after debarking at low water, had to tramp across a wet beach planted with booby-trapped obstacles.

There was a considerable commotion going on at the shuttle lounge debarking ramp.

He has plenty of gates and things to pass through as he approaches the debarking ramp, right?

Mr Samir was directing general shots of Michaelmas debarking with Norwood and Frontiere.

I could not tell if the NAMS sign over the door was glowing on its own or because of the sunlight, but I certainly did not want to run into any passengers who may be debarking into this wasteland, having entered its depths who knows where.

It announced our arrival in two minutes and told those debarking to gather their things.

Bullet debarking station was separated from Spaceport Gate A-8 by thirty meters of empty space.

Dancers had been allowed to bring with them, and they had not been given access to even them until well after debarking from the ship.

Lock Ten debarking area when I got there, two Security squads with holstered needlers standing behind him.

Their passengers were already debarking in armored hover vehicles, streaming forward to join the hundreds of thousands of troops already massing behind the defensive shield at the drop-sector perimeter.