evacuate

Example Sentences

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About 100 homes were evacuated overnight, with residents taking refuge in Lurgan town hall and a number of roads in town centre were closed.

From BBC

"I have an emergency bag prepared in case I have to evacuate... This is just a habit I got from Myanmar."

From BBC

The state has not put in place any strategy to evacuate people with disabilities, said Sylvana Lakkis, head of the Lebanese Union for People with Physical Disabilities.

From Barron's

Carla Lockhart said about 100 homes have been evacuated as a result of the incident and that a controlled explosion has taken place.

From BBC

At least eight children who were evacuated from Gaza as premature babies in the early weeks of the war, have returned from Egypt and been reunited with their relatives.

From BBC