1. to remove cargo or freight from a ship, truck, or other vehicle
Usage: formal; nautical

Examples

• The crew worked through the night to unlade the cargo ship.
• They began to unlade the vessel at dawn.
• The port workers unladed tons of grain from the freighter.
• It took several hours to unlade all the containers.
• The captain ordered his men to unlade the ship quickly.
• Workers unladed the truck’s heavy machinery at the construction site.