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Definition of Disembarked
1. disembark [v] - See also: disembark
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disembarked
Literary usage of Disembarked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"point, and 850 of the Royal York rangers, under Lieutenant- Colonel Starck,
disembarked (notwithstanding a heavy surf) without the loss of a man. ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"as it is reported by Oriental vanity, he disembarked CHAP. nine thousand five
hundred horse, and one hundred and thirty thousand foot, who performed their ..."
3. The General History of Polybius by Polybius (1823)
"having there disembarked their forces, drawn their ships to land, and thrown up
... But when they heard that the enemy had already disembarked their troops, ..."
4. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain by William Hickling Prescott (1883)
"The troops speedily disembarked, and spread themselves in detached bodies over
the land, devastating the country, and falling on all stragglers whom they ..."
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