Meaning & use
deplane
To leave an airplane after it has landed, especially by walking through the terminal gate.
See it in a sentence
Passengers began to deplane as soon as the aircraft reached the gate.
We waited twenty minutes to deplane because the jet bridge was delayed.
A note on using this word
Deplane is common in American airline announcements; disembark is the more general, formal alternative used for any vehicle, including ships.
Words with a similar meaning
disembarkexit
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