evacuation
noun
the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.
evacuations
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pluralof evacuation.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The weather authority said fire danger would remain through much of the day Saturday, warning residents to be prepared for emergency evacuations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
Mandatory evacuations were ordered for San Juan Zones 4, 5, and 10 and San Clemente Zone 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In Florida, those evacuations includes coastal communities in direct aim of the powerful storm.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Isaias strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane on Thursday as it headed toward the US Gulf Coast, the US National Hurricane Center said, prompting mandatory evacuations and disrupting oil and gas production.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
He then decided to speed up the process by increasing the dosage to ten and fifteen and administering it three times in a single day, until it resulted in five large evacuations.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
