| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| debark |
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| SYLLABICATION: | de·bark |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -bärk |
| VERB: | Inflected forms: de·barked, de·bark·ing, de·barks
| | TRANSITIVE VERB: | To unload, as from a ship or an airplane. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | To disembark. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French débarquer : dé-, from (from Old French de-; see de–) + barque, ship (from Old French; see bark3). | | OTHER FORMS: | de bar·kation (d bär-k sh n) —NOUN
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