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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
evacuate .
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Examples
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The government currently evacuates residents from areas where they'd be exposed to more than 20 millisieverts per year, in line with standards endorsed by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Tokyo Turns to Evacuation and Cleanup Mitsuru Obe 2011
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Zardari's government mobilizes the nation and evacuates twenty percent of the country before marauding flood waters can kill millions of Pakistanis.
Syed Yahya Hussainy: Sometimes Madness Is Just Madness Syed Yahya Hussainy 2010
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Mr. Onami says he'll stay behind, while the rest of his family—including his wife—evacuates.
In One Japanese City, Hot Spots to Avoid Phred Dvorak 2011
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Above, a police officer evacuates shoppers and flash-mob participants from a California mall last December.
'Flash Robs' Vex Retailers Ann Zimmerman 2011
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Zardari's government mobilizes the nation and evacuates twenty percent of the country before marauding flood waters can kill millions of Pakistanis.
Syed Yahya Hussainy: Sometimes Madness Is Just Madness Syed Yahya Hussainy 2010
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But this is not all Lee regrets about the film, which ‘evacuates her life of political intelligence or social acumen, returning her to the position of doomed, mad, fey victim.’
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A Syrian rebel evacuates an injured fellow rebel during an exchange of fire with army troops.
We can't stop the bloodshed in Syria without talking to Assad | Nicholas Noe 2012
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• MSHA evacuates 3 mines after anonymous tips: Inspectors also took control of company phone lines at two of the three mines in order to ensure that dangerous conditions were not tampered with by employees alerted about the presence of inspectors aboveground.
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• MSHA evacuates 3 mines after anonymous tips: Inspectors also took control of company phone lines at two of the three mines in order to ensure that dangerous conditions were not tampered with by employees alerted about the presence of inspectors aboveground.
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November 16, 2009 -- South Korea evacuates naval ships from the Western sea after detecting signs that North Korea had activated radar for surface to ship missiles deployed on the Ongjin Peninsula, Hwanghai Province, and had painted South Korean ships.
The Korean Maritime Crisis Goes Suicidal: Damn the Torpedos? 2010
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