DEBARK Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

debark

verb

di-ˈbärk

Definition of debark

as in to disembark

to go ashore from a ship the seasick passengers debarked as soon as the ship dropped anchor

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Recent Examples of debark Passengers would debark at Country Club Station, near the intersection of what is now Cantrell Road and Kavanaugh Boulevard, and would either walk or ride in a buggy to the country club. — Arkansas Online, 27 June 2026 Foresters debarked and chipped the highly infested tree to kill the beetles inside. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026 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 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

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Reuters reported that five migrants who refused to disembark after arriving in Monrovia were flown instead to Equatorial Guinea in Central Africa, where they are held with more than 30 other migrants previously sent there by the US.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Other ships may arrive at the same time, so areas can be crowded as thousands of passengers disembark.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026

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Hrgović landed one, two, three hard right hands late in the round.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Song landed a powerful right uppercut in the second round, securing a significant victory that bolsters his bantamweight title contention, despite a recent loss to Sean O'Malley.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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