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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : dih-bahrk |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbɑrk |
Definition of debark
Origin :- 1650s, from French débarquer (16c.), from de- (Old French des-; see dis-) + barque "bark" (see bark (n.2)).
- verb land
- There was no warning; the crew were ordered to debark, a bomb was placed on board, and the vessel was blown up and sank in flames.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) » by Various
- He then, instead of giving the anxiously expected order to advance, commanded the whole to debark.
- Extract from : « The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 » by J. T. Headley.
- Coasting along the shore, they came at last to an open roadstead where they could debark.
- Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady
- The pale, helpless soldiers had been debark'd, and lay around on the wharf and neighborhood anywhere.
- Extract from : « Complete Prose Works » by Walt Whitman
- By reason of this precaution it was more than an hour after the steamer arrived before her passengers began to debark.
- Extract from : « New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 » by Various
- General Sherman at the same time began preparations to debark.
- Extract from : « Recollections with the Third Iowa Regiment » by Seymour D. (Seymour Dwight) Thompson
- Walled in by all this gear was another passenger due to debark on Murna, snuffling and grunting with impatience.
- Extract from : « Blind Man's Lantern » by Allen Kim Lang
- Cannon from the boats also swept the forest with grape and round shot, and the troops began to debark.
- Extract from : « The Sun Of Quebec » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Some few incurables keep to their cabins altogether, and only show their wasted faces when it is time to debark.
- Extract from : « A Frenchman in America » by Max O'Rell
- His lordship went on to the gardens, where we saw him debark, and a train of devoted gardeners met him with baskets of fruit.
- Extract from : « Up the Country » by Emily Eden
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