evacuate[verb]Synonyms: clear, abandon, desert, forsake, leave, move out, pull out, quit, vacate, withdraw
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
e‧vac‧u‧ate /ɪˈvækjueɪt/
verb[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Latin;
Origin: past participle of evacuare, from vacuus 'empty']
1. [transitive] to send people away from a dangerous place to a safe place
evacuate somebody from/to something
Several families were evacuated from their homes. During the war he was evacuated to Scotland.2. [intransitive and transitive] to empty a place by making all the people leave:
Police evacuated the area. The order was given to evacuate.3. [transitive] formal to empty your
bowels—evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable and countable]:
the evacuation of British troops from the area Police ordered the evacuation of the building. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲