Amanda Foreman

In 1874, Mary Fraser accompanied her husband Hugh to Hong Kong, arriving hours after a typhoon had wrecked the island. Some 10,000 boat families had drowned in the harbour. There was no way to avoid the bloated bodies, and when Mary disembarked, she felt her foot land on something soft.

British Historian

Nathaniel Philbrick

Nantucket's English settlers, who first disembarked on the island in 1659, had been mindful of the sea's dangers. They had hoped to earn their livelihoods not as fishermen but as farmers and shepherds on this grassy isle dotted with ponds, where no wolves preyed.

American Author

George Grey

At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have been impossible to have disembarked stores or stock on any.

New Zealander Leader

Used frequently in travel scenarios, like at airports or harbors.

Travel Context

Often implies exiting in an orderly or controlled manner, not rushed.

Exiting Order

Implies that a journey or trip has just been completed.

End of Journey

Focuses on the actions of the crew or those operating the vehicle.

Crew Responsibility

Disembarking passengers is an organized activity, not done abruptly.

Organizing Exit

Can also refer to the unloading of goods, not just people.

Disembark Cargo

 Ping and his fellow immigrant passengers were forbidden to disembark. Just days earlier, President Grover Cleveland had signed the Scott Act, which invalidated the legal documents allowing their re-entry to the United States. This policy threatened to separate families

The dark history of the...

 who started shouting at them, hurling insults, throwing sticks, asking them to all disembark and get on this smaller, more unseaworthy boat. The parents were terrified for their children,

A boat carrying 500...

 a lot of the ships for the the french were headed to the caribbean the u.s virgin islands were a stopping point and a point where people disembarked and were shipped or taken

The Search for History’s...

 the queen is next to disembark the colony's future is assured using their incredible swarm intelligence fire ants are taking on the world