Debarkation
[,di:bɑ:'keiʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
Typist: Perry--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Disembarkation.
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Examples
- I had had this explored before, as well as the east bank below to ascertain if there was a possible point of debarkation north of Rodney. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- About eight o'clock we started from the point of debarkation, marching by the flank. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- From the beginning of the fighting our wounded had been carried to the houses at the rear, near the place of debarkation. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The debarkation took place inside of the little island of Sacrificios, some three miles south of Vera Cruz. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- When the debarkation commenced, I took a regiment down the river to post it as a guard against surprise. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the debarkation one shot took off the head of Major Albertis. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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