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evacuation

noun as in removal

Strongest match

Weak match

noun as in withdrawal

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Earlier this month, President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that without rain before winter, Tehran could face evacuation, though he did not elaborate.

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Remaining evacuation orders and warnings were expected to expire by 8 a.m.

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"Teams have been carrying out rescues, evacuations, welfare checks, and moving residents from affected areas to places of safety" in Monmouth, said a fire service statement.

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Algerian firefighters on Friday were battling wildfire hotspots near Tipaza, west of the capital Algiers, for a second day after fast-moving flames forced the evacuation of around 50 families, authorities said.

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The panelists shared stories of a chaotic evacuation process with little direction from the city and the pain of losing a lifetime’s worth of memories.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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