evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwā-shən 
-kyü-ˈā-
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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Official evacuation details are available through Ada County and the sheriff’s office.
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
The map above shows the evacuation zone in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The Pacific seismic activity, which also triggered evacuations as far as Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific coast of South America, remains of concern for both regional stability and critical infrastructure readiness.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The fire, believed to be human-caused, led to the evacuation of more than half a dozen towns and hamlets in the White Mountains area of the eastern Arizona region and became the largest fire in state history.
—AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2025
The map above shows the evacuation zone in red and the approximate fire perimeter as a black line.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The Pacific seismic activity, which also triggered evacuations as far as Japan, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Pacific coast of South America, remains of concern for both regional stability and critical infrastructure readiness.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
The fire, believed to be human-caused, led to the evacuation of more than half a dozen towns and hamlets in the White Mountains area of the eastern Arizona region and became the largest fire in state history.
—AZCentral.com, 1 Aug. 2025
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evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwā-shən
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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