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self-evacuation

self-evacuation noun: the evacuation of a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.

Noun

self-evacuation (plural self-evacuations)

  1. The evacuation of a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
    • Because just about the worst thing that can happen when trains become stranded is that passengers take matters into their own hands and leave the train - self-evacuation as the report calls it.2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52

Forms of self-evacuation

pluralself-evacuations

Origin of self-evacuation

From self- + evacuation.

Questions about self-evacuation

What does self-evacuation mean?
Self-evacuation means the evacuation of a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
What part of speech is self-evacuation?
Self-evacuation is a noun.
What is the plural of self-evacuation?
The plural of self-evacuation is self-evacuations.

Words near self-evacuation in the dictionary

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

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