evac
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7.1
- noun
- /ɪˈvæk/
- Jargon
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evacuación
- Have them clear the perimeter and start evac.
- evac chopper
- immediate evac
- evac now
And I realized it was like, because I had that option and that choice to, to, to get that evac, it made things like the suffering way worse.
- And I realized it was like, because I had that option and that choice to, to, to get that evac, it made things like the suffering way worse.
Examples
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Tower, we need paramedics and evac now!
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During the hurricane, the city organized an evac of all residents to prevent injuries.
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Well, unfortunately, sir, it's either that or the evac bus.
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Send in an air evac immediately and get all of us out of here, sir.
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Start evac for all nonessentials.
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I've got an evac chopper on its way.
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Agent 82-Delta-Echo requesting immediate evac.
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I'm approx five clicks from the evac point.
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I'll order an evac.
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Transport crews are prepping the L.Z. for evac at 0200 hours.
Synonyms
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4.1
Moving people from a dangerous place to a safer place, for example during a fire
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7.2
Many people leaving a place at the same time, often to escape danger or bad conditions
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8.3
A quick plan to leave a place because of danger
Surface Forms
Etymology
Evac is a short form of evacuate, which comes from the Latin evacuare meaning 'empty'. So an evac is the action of moving people out of a place to make it 'empty' and safe.