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evacuation

[ih-vak-yoo-ey-shuhn] / ɪˌvæk yuˈeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
removal
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NOUN
withdrawal
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It also issued a new evacuation warning for residents in the southern suburbs of the capital, Beirut.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

There was no evacuation order and no announcement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

The head of Russia's state nuclear corporation, Rosatom, Alexei Likhachev, said on Saturday that the evacuation of 198 people remaining in the plant had started that morning.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Tens of thousands of people have left Tyre, but around 20,000 remain, including 15,000 displaced from surrounding villages, despite Israeli evacuation warnings covering most of the city and a broad swathe of the south.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Ryoichi Usuzawa and Taro had been rescued from the rooftop of a floating house by firefighters, who took them to an evacuation center at a local community hall.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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