self-evacuation

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ evacuation.

Noun

self-evacuation (plural self-evacuations)

1. The evacuation of a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
   • 2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52:

     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.

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