Evacuate

/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/

Meaning & Definition

verb

to remove someone from a dangerous place.

The authorities decided to evacuate the town before the storm hit.

to empty or drain out a substance from a place.

Workers had to evacuate the chemicals from the storage tank for safety reasons.

to give up a place or position.

The soldiers were ordered to evacuate the base at dawn.

From Latin 'evacuare', meaning 'to empty out'.

evacuate the premises

to clear people from a building or area

evacuate for safety

to leave a place to avoid danger

mandatory evacuation

a compulsory removal of people from an area

evacuate the area

to clear out a specified region

evacuation plan

a strategy for safely removing people from danger

evacuation

the act of evacuating or being evacuated

evacuee

a person who has been evacuated

vacate

to leave a place that one previously occupied

Get out

We need to get out of here before it gets worse.

Bail out

When things got messy, he just decided to bail out.