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evacuate
[ih-vak-yoo-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to leave empty; vacate.
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 remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
Physiology., to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels.
to deprive.
Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
to produce a vacuum in.
evacuate
/ ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt /
verb
(also intr) to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
to make empty by removing the contents of
(also intr) physiol
to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
(tr) to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
Other Word Forms
- reevacuate verb
- unevacuated adjective
- evacuative adjective
- evacuation noun
- evacuator noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of evacuate1
Example Sentences
The last of it went before they evacuated to the south.
Coast Guard evacuated the terminal and established a safety perimeter, while the L.A.
"It's another planet, not just another world," says Sana el-Azab, who arrived in the cathedral city late last month after being evacuated to the UK with 33 other students.
California has taken a number of steps over the years to help local officials alert residents in a disaster and evacuate them to safety.
Williams followed up with the mayor and other high-ranking officials some time later with several other texts, saying that there was no need to evacuate City Hall.
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