Thesaurus results for EVACUEE

evacuee

noun

i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwē

Definition of evacuee next

as in refugee

a person forced to emigrate for political reasons the report said the evacuees would be placed in temporary shelters

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Recent Examples of evacuee All evacuees to proceed to Sutter and Meridian. —

Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 23 Dec. 2025 La Jolla consignment store Little Love also supports fire evacuees by donating 100 trash bags full of community donations and 30 to 40 boxes of diapers. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025 The attack has had sweeping political implications, including changes to federal asylum and immigration reviews for thousands of Afghan evacuees who arrived under Operation Allies Welcome. —

Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 However, the evacuees were never allowed to return, and the dogs left at the exclusion zone were abandoned and considered strays. —

Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for evacuee

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refugee

Noun

Shah Alam, a refugee from Myanmar, had spent much of the previous year in custody awaiting trial on criminal charges that were ultimately resolved with a misdemeanor plea deal, according to Reuters.

— Hanna Park, CNN Money, 26 Feb. 2026
Murphy’s guest to the rally was Fereshteh Ganjavi, the founder and executive director of Elena’s Light, a Connecticut nonprofit that supports refugee women.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2026