evacuate
evacu|ate /ɪv'ækjueɪt/ (evacuates evacuating evacuated)
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from
To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country...
Since 1951, 18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.
● evacuation [N-VAR]
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded...
An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week.
2 [VERB] V n, V
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...
Officials ordered the residents to evacuate.
● evacuation [N-VAR]
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica...
Burning sulfur from the wreck has forced evacuations from the area.
1 [VERB] V n, be V-ed from
To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country...
Since 1951, 18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.
● evacuation [N-VAR]
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded...
An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week.
2 [VERB] V n, V
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...
Officials ordered the residents to evacuate.
● evacuation [N-VAR]
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica...
Burning sulfur from the wreck has forced evacuations from the area.