evacuation
Example Sentences
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They described the evacuation as "very difficult" because the escape route was "narrow" and the stairs to get outside "even narrower".
From BBC
The regulations require wide, flat roads with only short dead-end offshoots to ensure easy evacuation for residents and easy access for fire crews in fire-prone areas.
From Los Angeles Times
Residents received faulty emergency alerts, exposing early on the systemic failures in preparedness, evacuation protocols and emergency response.
From Los Angeles Times
Local media outlet Peru21 reports that "hundreds" of tourists remain at the scene awaiting evacuation, which has been "hampered" by difficult terrain around the crash site.
From BBC
Hiroshi Sasaki, a professor at Niigata University who lives in the prefecture and opposes restarting the reactor, said residents don’t have enough information about evacuation plans and other safety measures for it to proceed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
