The act of going ashore from a ship or disembarking; the process of unloading passengers or cargo from a vessel.
From French débarcation, derived from débarquer (debark). The -ation suffix converts the verb into a noun describing the process or action. This term became especially common during military history, particularly around amphibious operations.
D-Day is the most famous debarkation in history—when 150,000 troops disembarked on the beaches of Normandy, and the word captures that dramatic moment of transition from sea to land in a single, weighty noun.
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