debarkverb
/ˌdiˈbɑːk//ˌdiˈbɑːrk/debark verb (GET OFF)
[ I ] to leave a ship, aircraft, etc. after a journey:
We boarded a train, and an hour later we debarked on the outskirts of the city.
Synonym
disembark
More examples
- Her immigrant grandfather debarked in Boston at 16 a century ago without money and speaking no English.
- They debark from employee shuttle buses and step smartly through the terminal.
- Black-and-white snapshots showed Gary Cooper and Errol Flynn debarking onto the tarmac, waving into flashbulbs.
- The ship arrived in Havana at night, but the passengers were told that they would not be allowed to debark.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
- aboard
- alight
- bestride
- board
- climb
- deplane
- disembark
- dismount
- eject
- embark
- get
- get off (sth)
- get on (sth)
- get out
- hop
- in
- mount
- settle
- straddle
debark verb (REMOVE BARK)
[ T ] to remove bark (= the hard outer covering) from a tree:
Cork trees are debarked every nine years to make wine bottle corks.
More examples
- The company was not following quarantine requirements, because it was making firewood products from ash trees in the quarantine areas without debarking them as required.
- Tusks are used to dig for water, salt, and roots and to debark trees to eat the bark.
- Tree guards are used to deter voles from debarking the base of a tree.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Removing and getting rid of things
- abandon
- banish
- be scattered to the four winds idiom
- bin
- cast sb/sth aside/away/off
- fling sth/sb out
- flush sth out
- fly-tipping
- free sb from/of sth
- haemodialysis
- junk
- pension
- scrap
- shuffle
- throw the baby out with the bathwater idiom
- toss sth aside
- toss sth out
- turf sth out
- unplug
- weed
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