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DISEMBARKMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disembarkment mean?
• DISEMBARKMENT (noun)
The noun DISEMBARKMENT has 1 sense:
1. the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
Familiarity information: DISEMBARKMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
debarkation; disembarkation; disembarkment
Hypernyms ("disembarkment" is a kind of...):
landing (the act of coming to land after a voyage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disembarkment"):
going ashore (debarkation from a boat or ship)
Derivation:
disembark (go ashore)
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