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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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EVACUATE definition: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
evacuate. verb. evac· u· ate i-ˈva-kyə-ˌwāt. -kyü-ˌāt. evacuated; evacuating. Synonyms of evacuate. transitive verb. 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.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of evacuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous. The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area. [ VERB noun ]
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.
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.