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DEBARKATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does debarkation mean?
• DEBARKATION (noun)
The noun DEBARKATION has 1 sense:
1. the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
Familiarity information: DEBARKATION 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 ("debarkation" is a kind of...):
landing (the act of coming to land after a voyage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "debarkation"):
going ashore (debarkation from a boat or ship)
Derivation:
debark (go ashore)
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