Meanings
verbself-evacuate (third-person singular simple present self-evacuates, present participle self-evacuating, simple past and past participle self-evacuated)
present singular third person self-evacuates · participle present self-evacuating · participle past self-evacuated · past self-evacuated
- 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
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-evacuate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-evacuate.
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