deboard
verb
de·board
(ˌ)dē-ˈbȯrd 
deboarded; deboarding; deboards
1
transitive + intransitive
: to get out of a vehicle or craft
UK passengers on a plane to Germany were told to deboard [=disembark] or face mandatory coronavirus testing and quarantine at the airport when they landed.—
Connor Perrett
Connor Perrett… does not allow passengers to deboard and board the train at the same time.—Colleen Wilson
Colleen Wilson2
transitive
: to cause (someone) to get out of a vehicle or craft
deboarded the passengers
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Alvin Jackson, Emmanuel Jean Joseph, and Xavier Veal filed the lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York, alleging American Airlines employees on Flight 832 from Phoenix approached them and five other Black passengers, and later ordered them all to deboard the plane without explanation.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Not invited to the coronation, the Windsors would deboard at Le Havre and head to their house in Paris.
—Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Town & Country, 2 May 2023
Guests can board and deboard at any of the railroad’s eight stations between Independence and downtown Akron.
—Megan Becka, cleveland, 12 July 2022
The plane taxied back to its gate to let passengers deboard after the tire was changed.
—Dallas News, 1 July 2022
That same day, the Oregon State baseball team was forced to hastily deboard a plane at PDX and abandon a trip to Arizona after news arrived that coach Mitch Canham’s first season — and the Beavers’ national championship hopes — were finished.
—oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2021
The passengers were allowed to deboard and return to the terminal.
—NBC News, 30 Dec. 2020
JetBlue said the cabin became boisterous and a decision to deboard the plan was made.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2020
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Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
Not invited to the coronation, the Windsors would deboard at Le Havre and head to their house in Paris.
—Carl Sferrazza Anthony, Town & Country, 2 May 2023
Guests can board and deboard at any of the railroad’s eight stations between Independence and downtown Akron.
—Megan Becka, cleveland, 12 July 2022
The plane taxied back to its gate to let passengers deboard after the tire was changed.
—Dallas News, 1 July 2022
That same day, the Oregon State baseball team was forced to hastily deboard a plane at PDX and abandon a trip to Arizona after news arrived that coach Mitch Canham’s first season — and the Beavers’ national championship hopes — were finished.
—oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2021
The passengers were allowed to deboard and return to the terminal.
—NBC News, 30 Dec. 2020
JetBlue said the cabin became boisterous and a decision to deboard the plan was made.
—Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2020
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“Deboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deboard. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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