Definition of "evacuating" []

• Present participle of evacuate. (verb)

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• "Yes, blaming people for not evacuating is idiotic -- poor people who don't have cars, can't afford hotel rooms and can't charter a bus like some hotel guests did."
• "How can the gov't be helpless in evacuating people?"
• "In the NY Times Monday is an article describing the problems New Orlean hospitals faced in evacuating their patients after Hurricane Katrina hit and the levees broke."