evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwā-shən 
-kyü-ˈā-
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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Officials urge residents to avoid low-lying areas and heed all weather alerts and evacuation orders.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
The Navajo Nation Police Department — working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region and Southwest Complex Incident Management Team 2 — has lifted all evacuation orders across all zones.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Despite state and federal warnings, the county, different city officials, and Camp Mystic didn’t implement an emergency warning system or evacuation orders enabling people enough time to get to higher ground or leave the area to avoid drowning.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
If evacuations were done too late there could have been a risk of putting buses full of kids from these camps on far-flung, low-lying roads during the storm — putting the campers and counselors at potentially greater risk.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 7 July 2025
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
The Navajo Nation Police Department — working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region and Southwest Complex Incident Management Team 2 — has lifted all evacuation orders across all zones.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 8 July 2025
Despite state and federal warnings, the county, different city officials, and Camp Mystic didn’t implement an emergency warning system or evacuation orders enabling people enough time to get to higher ground or leave the area to avoid drowning.
—Bethany Blankley, The Washington Examiner, 8 July 2025
If evacuations were done too late there could have been a risk of putting buses full of kids from these camps on far-flung, low-lying roads during the storm — putting the campers and counselors at potentially greater risk.
—Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 7 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for evacuation
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“Evacuation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/evacuation. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwā-shən
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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