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- Dictionaryevacuate/ɪˈvakjʊeɪt/
verb
- 1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place: "several families were evacuated from their homes" Similar
- 2. remove air, water, or other contents from (a container): technical "when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond"
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1. : to remove the contents of : empty. 2. : to discharge from the body as waste : void. 3. : to remove something (such as gas or water) from especially by pumping. 4. a. : to remove especially from a military zone or dangerous area. b. : to withdraw from military occupation of. c. : vacate sense 1. were ordered to evacuate the building.
EVACUATE definition: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat. Military.
People evacuate when something like a tornado or act of terrorism makes their homes unsafe. To evacuate also means to empty completely, in the bathroom-oriented sense of evacuating (emptying) your bowels.
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: The police evacuated the village shortly before the explosion. be evacuated from A thousand people were evacuated from their homes following the floods. When toxic fumes began to drift toward our homes, we were told to evacuate. formal.
1. To withdraw from or vacate a place or area, especially as a protective measure: The mayor urged the residents to evacuate before the hurricane struck. 2. To excrete waste matter from the body.
Definition of evacuate verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of evacuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safer: The police quickly evacuated the area after the bomb threat. evacuation. noun [ C, U ] uk / ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃ ə n / us. the evacuation of civilians from the war zone. (Definition of evacuate from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of evacuate.
