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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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The question is whether we should send critical assets back to a base that needs evacuation.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Times revealed last January that west Altadena never received evacuation warnings, and orders to evacuate came hours after flames and smoke threatened the community.

From Los Angeles Times

Four astronauts have left the International Space Station a month early, in the first medical evacuation since the station was put into Earth's orbit in 1998.

From BBC

The U.S. also has begun an evacuation of its military personnel in Qatar, a precaution that suggests the possibility of a more widespread impact in the region.

From MarketWatch

The U.S. also has begun an evacuation of its military personnel in Qatar, a precaution that suggests the possibility of a more widespread impact in the region.

From MarketWatch