evacuating
Leaving during danger
Evacuating is removing people or things from a dangerous place, or leaving such a place yourself.
Authorities evacuate buildings during bomb threats; residents evacuate ahead of hurricanes.
The word also means emptying the bowels—a clinical term for defecation.
They're evacuating the coastal areas, The patient had difficulty evacuating.
Depart swiftly from threat
abandon · clear-out · empty · egress · exodus · decampment · disembarkation · outflow
Sudden ruinous event
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- sirenWailing alert device
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- evacueesPeople removed from danger
shelter · rescue · flood · earthquake · fire · hurricane · tornado · tsunami
Removal from usual location
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- migrationMovement to new territory
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
repatriation · transplantation · expatriation · shelter-in-place · redeployment · rehabilitation · reconstruction · repopulation
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
retreat · abandon · clear-out · empty · egress · exodus · decampment · disembarkation · outflow · clearance
disaster
Sudden ruinous event
evacuees · shelter · rescue · flood · earthquake · fire · hurricane · tornado · tsunami · wildfire
displacement
Removal from usual location
- resettlementReestablishing in new place
- migrationMovement to new territory
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
diaspora · repatriation · transplantation · expatriation · shelter-in-place · redeployment · rehabilitation · reconstruction · repopulation
extract
Concentrated derived substance
void · discharge · empty · drain · ventilate · depressurize · suction · purge · exhaust · withdraw
bowel
Internal digestive organ
void · catheter · enema · laxative · colonoscopy · excrete · defecate · urinate · digestive · intestinal
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- crowd behaviorcheering, chanting, booing, clapping, applause
- fluid movementflowing, pouring, dripping, draining, oozing
- heroismbravery, valor, hero, courage, heroism
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, warding off, fending off
evacuatingentering
Going into a place
arriving · coming in · moving in · returning · infiltrating
evacuatingoccupying
Filling or holding space
inhabiting · filling · settling · populating · taking up residence
evacuatingsheltering in place
Staying home safely
staying put · hunkering down · remaining · standing ground · fortifying
- medical evacuationTransporting injured to care
- evacuation planEmergency departure procedure
- evacuation routePlanned emergency exit path
- emergency evacuationRapid departure from danger
- evacuation ordersOfficial commands to flee
- mandatory evacuationForced departure order