evacuee
a person who is withdrawn or removed from a place of danger, a disaster area, etc.
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How to use evacuee in a sentence
Over the past five days of data, about 45 percent of evacuees left Kabul on coalition aircraft.
On Wednesday, the Pentagon said its ability to airlift evacuees from the country could decrease as it turns to pulling out weaponry, equipment and troops.
An army of veterans and volunteers organizes online to evacuate Afghans, from thousands of miles away | Jonathan Baran, Alex Horton, Elizabeth Dwoskin | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostThey are using Slack and Signal groups to share highly sensitive information, and sending photos of evacuees to gate guards for verification.
An army of veterans and volunteers organizes online to evacuate Afghans, from thousands of miles away | Jonathan Baran, Alex Horton, Elizabeth Dwoskin | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostTransporting evacuees remains the priority, he said, leaving it unclear if some of the military hardware there now will be destroyed in place to save room for people.
Taliban show off U.S.-made weapons and gear in a bid to intimidate, project authority | Alex Horton | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostThey also believe this method of travel, which will take them to an area where evacuees have been temporarily relocated, will provide them with additional information and increase their ability to provide oversight.
Two Congress members make unauthorized trip to Kabul amid evacuation efforts | Annie Linskey, Tyler Pager, John Hudson, Sean Sullivan | August 24, 2021 | Washington Post
British Dictionary definitions for evacuee
/ (ɪˌvækjʊˈiː) /
a person evacuated from a place of danger, esp in wartime
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