deboard
English
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Iraqi children and their escorts deboard an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Baghdad International Airport in 2006.
Etymology
de- + board
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈbɔː(ɹ)d/
Verb
deboard (third-person singular simple present deboards, present participle deboarding, simple past and past participle deboarded)
- To exit a form of transportation such as a boat, ship, airplane, trolley, streetcar or spaceship.
- President Ford fell as he deboarded Air Force One.
- He was detained late Tuesday after deboarding a British Airways flight from London.
Synonyms
- disembark from
Translations
exit a form of transportation
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Anagrams
- aborded, boarded, roadbed