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Recent Examples of debark
Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Miami is expected to see 10.2% of embarking and debarking passengers, followed by the Orlando area's Port Canaveral at 8.8% and Fort Lauderdale at 5.6%.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
However, locals say the tourists who debark for only a few hours but generally sleep and eat aboard ships are a bad deal for the city.
—Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2025
About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
On June 21, 1948, 1,027 people from the Caribbean debarked the Empire Windrush in London.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
The trees are debarked in around another nine years to allow for enough growth time.
—Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Miami is expected to see 10.2% of embarking and debarking passengers, followed by the Orlando area's Port Canaveral at 8.8% and Fort Lauderdale at 5.6%.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
However, locals say the tourists who debark for only a few hours but generally sleep and eat aboard ships are a bad deal for the city.
—Doug Struck, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2025
About 100 passengers were forced to debark and leave the train on foot when one Green Line trolley apparently rolled backward into another around 7:30 p.m.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Two massive tree trunks, debarked and smoothly polished, bring more of the outdoors feeling inside.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
If the wood wasn’t debarked, trees with loose bark layers or split wood that has dried enough to loosen its bark may harbor an array of creatures, such as wood roaches, earwigs, and possibly even overwintering yellowjacket wasp queens.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2024
On June 21, 1948, 1,027 people from the Caribbean debarked the Empire Windrush in London.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
The trees are debarked in around another nine years to allow for enough growth time.
—Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 24 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debark
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Growing up, her family would travel from London to their second home in Italy, disembarking in Dover and boarding the ferry for the Channel crossing.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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That was where miners disembarked for the northern mines in the Sierra Nevada mountains.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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China has laid out an ambitious lunar plan to land astronauts on the moon before 2030, targeting the south pole, which contains water ice and other resources critical for long-term lunar exploration and settlement.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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Instead, Helix takes off and lands vertically and runs entirely on electricity.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Debark.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debark. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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