evacuate

Example Sentences

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But gale force winds led to the crew and tugboats having to evacuate and the ship was left to ride out the storm for several hours.

From BBC

Adenot is one of four astronauts now heading towards the International Space Station to replace a crew that was evacuated last month because of an unidentified medical issue.

From Barron's

When a skier is injured on the course and being attended to by medical personnel, often a helicopter is called in to evacuate the injured racer and take him or her to a hospital.

From Los Angeles Times

Some areas of west Altadena weren’t ordered to evacuate until just before 6 a.m., almost 12 hours after the fire started.

From Los Angeles Times

Madagascar's disaster management office has evacuated dozens of injured people and hundreds of residents from a district around Toamasina, home to 400,000 people.

From BBC