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- DictionaryE·vac·u·ate/əˈvakyəˌwāt/
verb
- 1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place: "several families were evacuated from their homes"
- 2. remove air, water, or other contents from (a container): technical "when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond"
The meaning of EVACUATE is to remove the contents of : empty. How to use evacuate in a sentence.
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 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).
EVACUATE meaning: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
Definition of evacuate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
To evacuate is to flee, like how people leave an area when a hurricane is coming. It also means to empty something completely. If you have to evacuate your home, something horrible is probably happening, like a natural disaster. People evacuate when something like a tornado or act of terrorism makes their homes unsafe.
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.
