debarked

past tense of debark
as in landed
to go ashore from a ship the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor

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Recent Examples of debarked Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside. Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
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Verb
  • The plane landed upright in the water and was being towed back to a dock, the FDNY said.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Rafael Devers hit two homers, the latter being a 463-foot shot that landed in the upper deck.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 July 2026
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  • The cruise line confirmed the incident happened between guests who had just disembarked the Carnival Conquest ship.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • Some 25 Americans were on the ship, including about seven who disembarked in April and 18 who remained on board.
    Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2026

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“Debarked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debarked. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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