DISEMBARKATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disembarkation mean? 

• DISEMBARKATION (noun)
  The noun DISEMBARKATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft

  Familiarity information: DISEMBARKATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISEMBARKATION (noun)

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 ("disembarkation" is a kind of...):

landing (the act of coming to land after a voyage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disembarkation"):

going ashore (debarkation from a boat or ship)

Antonym:

embarkation (the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft)

Derivation:

disembark (go ashore)