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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.
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.
EVACUATE definition: 1. to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. to empty something of its contents…. Learn more.
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.
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 evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or 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 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.
