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self-evacuating

self-evacuating is the present participle and gerund of self-evacuate.

Meaning of self-evacuate

Verb

self-evacuate (third-person singular simple present self-evacuates, present participle self-evacuating, simple past and past participle self-evacuated)

  1. To evacuate a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
    • The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) has issued a Safety Digest into an incident where passengers self-evacuated from a train at North Pole Junction on July 15.2019 December 4, “RAIB issues digest after passengers self-evacuate”, in RAIL, page 22

Questions about self-evacuating

What is self-evacuating the present participle and gerund of?
Self-evacuating is the present participle and gerund of self-evacuate.

Words near self-evacuating in the dictionary

  1. self-esterifications
  2. self-etch
  3. self-evacuate
  4. self-evacuated
  5. self-evacuates
  6. self-evacuating
  7. self-evacuation
  8. self-evacuations
  9. self-evaluate
  10. self-evaluated
  11. self-evaluates

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