self-evacuate

English

Etymology

From self- +‎ evacuate.

Verb

self-evacuate (third-person singular simple present self-evacuates, present participle self-evacuating, simple past and past participle self-evacuated)

1. To evacuate a place by one's own decision, without assistance, or unaided.
   • 2019 December 4, “RAIB issues digest after passengers self-evacuate”, in Rail, page 22:

     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.