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evacuate

verb as in clear an area; empty

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No apartments were damaged, but as a precautionary measure, some residents have been evacuated.

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Some who followed the military's orders to evacuate have said they found no space to pitch their tents and so returned north.

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Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated and a handful remain missing.

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The report from McChrystal Group found, among other failures, that there was no clear guide of which county department was responsible for deciding which areas to evacuate.

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The fire raced toward Berry Creek, and the residents evacuated that afternoon.

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