(v. t.) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore; to land; to debark; as, the general disembarked the troops.
(v. i.) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a ship; to debark.
Example Sentences:
(1) Vehicles were stopped and their passengers made to disembark while sniffer dogs went on board.
(2) Disembarkation was delayed while officials erected a white tarpaulin on the boat to block the media’s view.
(3) At no time was any visitor at any risk, and 48 guests on the ride at the time were safely disembarked.
(4) Ten more dead and 900 clandestine migrants ready to disembark,” Salvini said on Wednesday.
(5) A waterfront pint at the Plockton Inn ( plocktoninn.co.uk ) while watching the yachties disembark is the perfect reward for the exertions of the climb.
(6) Disembarking beside some disused buildings, the Syrians strapped on their lifejackets and carried their smallest children on their shoulders.
(7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Migrants in Sicily speak of the hardships they face both at sea and after reaching Europe The Italian coastguard ship carrying the survivors arrived late on Monday night, with all the migrants on board disembarking by 1.45am local time.
(8) After sitting on the tarmac for an hour and a half, we disembarked.” It came a day after passengers at Gatwick airport faced chaotic scenes and long queues due to a baggage system problem.
(9) It is Greece's summer ritual: the arrival of the island ferry, funnels billowing, horns blaring, gangplanks screeching as wide-eyed tourists prepare to disembark.
(10) Disembarking with the others at Ashdod port on Monday, Zuabi, who has parliamentary immunity, was interrogated three times before being freed The remaining four Palestinian citizens of Israel aboard the aid boats were released from Ashkelon prison this morning, but remain under house arrest until next week.
(11) Passengers deemed to be migrants were ordered to disembark.
(12) Temperatures of passengers arriving at the airport were not taken as they disembarked from the plane from Sierra Leone, she said.
(13) "Ukrainian forces launched a 'special operation' on Tuesday against separatist militia in the Russian-speaking east, authorities said, although aside from a landing by airborne troops the action was limited," the story begins : Soldiers disembarked from two helicopters at an airfield at Kramatorsk, where reporters earlier heard gunfire that seemed to prevent an air force plane from landing.
(14) The 10 May report on the combat flight contest stated: “Kim Jong-un arrived at the airfield by air at 9:00 am” and later said “Kim Jong-un embarked on the plane.” The article also included several photos of Kim and his wife disembarking from the aircraft and one final photo of the plane taking off.
(15) Many countries are expected to refuse to allow MY Phoenix to disembark passengers.
(16) "Disembarking at Heathrow with a £1 note in his pocket, my father made his way up north and found a job in a Rochdale cotton mill," said Javid.
(17) Unarmed officers detained the men, who are now being questioned in the West Midlands, as they disembarked.
(18) Grandi said he would seek to step up UNHCR efforts, including at places of disembarkation for people rescued or intercepted at sea.
(19) A small number of mosquitoes infected with the yellow fever virus, disembarking at the same time, established an epidemic of yellow fever in the town.
(20) As they arrived, in a 10-seater plane, they were surrounded by colourful birds, but on disembarking, everything felt eerily quiet.
Shore
Definition:
() of Shear
() imp. of Shear.
(n.) A sewer.
(n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging.
(v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building.
(v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of water, as an ocean, lake, or large river.
(v. t.) To set on shore.
Example Sentences:
(1) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(2) This isn’t a devolved matter, this is about when they come to our shores here, UK taxpayers and their ability to use UK services,” Creasy said.
(3) They had watched him celebrate mass with three million pilgrims on the packed-out shores of Copacabana beach .
(4) He told MPs that any steps taken to shore up the markets as a result of the referendum would be disclosed afterwards.
(5) A light rain pattered the rooftops of Los Mochis in Friday’s pre-dawn darkness, the town silent and still as the Sea of Cortez lapped its shore.
(6) They moved to shore up May’s position after a weekend of damaging leaks and briefings from inside the cabinet, believed to be fuelled by some of those jostling to succeed the prime minister after her disastrous election result.
(7) New orders and new export growth also slowed and the number of people employed across the manufacturing sector fell, adding to pressure on policymakers at the European Central Bank (ECB) to take more action to shore up growthin the region.
(8) The small prawns found on the shore during the winter exhibited a much altered behaviour.
(9) Total concentrations can range from a few parts per million in non-polluted intertidal and oceanic areas to parts per thousand in heavily contaminated estuarine, lake and near-shore environments.
(10) In the second affair, a month before polling day, Australian authorities intercepted a boatload of distressed people bound for the northern shores.
(11) The ghosts of Barbara Castle and Peter Shore , never mind Hugh Gaitskell (and, for much of his life, Harold Wilson), were never quite exorcised by the New Labour Europhiles.
(12) This condition is a genodermatosis, seen chiefly around the shores of the Mediterranean, characterised by early pigment disturbances which progress virtually inexorably towards a diffuse epitheliomatosis which usually results in death before the age of 20 years.
(13) Brown restored a degree of his authority yesterday when no other cabinet minister echoed James Purnell's call for him to quit, and two critical cabinet figures – David Miliband and John Hutton – decided to shore up Brown's position rather than join a potential rebellion.
(14) Hollande’s dinner and overnight stay at Chequers was also due to cover a strategy for Syria in light of growing signs that the president, Bashar al-Assad, is being shored up by additional military help from Russia and Iran.
(15) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
(16) But that was the fate of Peter Shore, who has died aged 77.
(17) They harvest shellfish standing in the water or meandering through mangrove forests on the shore.
(18) The time to hand over the reins came and went, Keating challenged and lost, before heading to the backbench to lick his wounds and shore up the factional numbers needed for a successful spill.
(19) As candidates and supporters packed out cafes and community centres, desperate to shore up to support on caucus eve, life continued as normal for most Iowans on Monday – with many critical of how hopefuls for the Republican presidential nomination have conducted their campaigns.
(20) ", also suggests the country is, at heart, tolerant of those who come to its shores.