Arrival and Evacuation

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Arrival noun - The act of coming upon a scene.

Usage example: the groom blamed his belated arrival for the wedding on a huge traffic snarl

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Evacuation is an antonym for arrival.

Nearby Words: arrive, arrived, arriving

Evacuation noun - The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection.

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Arrival is an antonym for evacuation in withdrawal topic.

Nearby Words: evacuate, evacuated, evacuee, evacuating

initial	initial arrival	initial evacuation
proper	proper arrival	proper evacuation
timely	timely arrival	timely evacuation
immediate	immediate arrival	immediate evacuation
Other adjectives: apparent, subsequent, last, sudden.

No one is there but baddies, and after reading people's emails explaining a sudden evacuation prior to your arrival, it foreshadows the coming reveal.

Source: Conveniently Empty Building
Stock Footage: Stock footage from Godzilla (1954) is used during the evacuation of Tokyo, the military preparing for Varan's arrival, much of Varan's destruction of Haneda Airport, where Godzilla's tail makes an appearance.

Source: Film / Varan, the Unbelievable

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