evacuate

Definition of evacuate in English English dictionary: To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress
The firefighters told everyone to evacuate the area as the flames approached.; To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish
The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.; To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels; {v} to make void, empty, quit; {f} clear people out, remove people (from a dangerous area, war zone, etc.); leave, vacate; withdraw; discharge the contents of; to withdraw from a threatened area; move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"; move out to safety; move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" move people from their homes or country; To make empty; to deprive; empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"; move people from their homes or country; Fig; Evacuate means to empty or remove the contents; To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish; Fig.: To make empty; to deprive; To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage; To let blood excrete or discharge from the body empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"; create a vacuum in a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc; to leave a place for safety reasons; 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 evacuations evacu·ation the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica Burning sulfur from the wreck has forced evacuations from the area; To let blood excrete or discharge from the body empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" create a vacuum in a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc; To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress; 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 evacuations evacu·ation the evacuation of the sick and wounded An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week; excrete or discharge from the body; create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc )
evacuate casualties: remove the injured to a place where they can be treated
evacuate settlements: vacate settlements, clear people out of settlements
evacuated: Simple past tense and past participle of evacuate
evacuation: Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc
evacuation: {n} an emptying, discharge, abolition
evacuated: Having had population removed, by evacuation
evacuated: Containing a vacuum
evacuated: past of evacuate
evacuated: emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; "a highly evacuated glass tube"
evacuated: emptied by being pumped out or having a vacuum created; "a highly evacuated glass tube
evacuates: third-person singular of evacuate
evacuating: present participle of evacuate
evacuating: {i} act of clearing people out, act of removing people (from a dangerous area, war zone, etc.); act of vacating; withdrawal; act of emptying
evacuation: the movement of people out of an area because of war or disaster
evacuation: That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means
evacuation: (1) A combat service support function which involves the movement of recovered materiel from a main supply route, maintenance collecting point, and maintenance activity to higher levels of maintenance (2) The process of moving any person who is wounded, injured, or ill to and/or between medical treatment facilities
evacuation: A prolonged precautionary stay away from an area affected by a hazardous material
evacuation: the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
evacuation: {i} process of clearing people out, act of removing (from a dangerous area, war zone, etc.); withdrawal; discharge of contents
evacuation: Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means
evacuation: Removal
evacuation: the act of removing
evacuation: the bodily process of discharging waste matter
evacuation: Abolition; nullification
evacuation: Leaving in mass from a town or city to a safer place
evacuation: The process of removing air, moisture, and other gases from the inside of a refrigeration system
evacuation: Organized, phased, and supervised dispersal of people from dangerous or potentially dangerous areas (FEMA definition) See also mandatory evacuation; spontaneous evacuation; voluntary evacuation
evacuation: The removal of people from an area that may be dangerous or for strategic reasons (CIMS)
evacuation: the act of removing the contents of something
evacuation: The orderly withdrawal of individuals from a hazardous or threatened area until such time as the area is again deemed safe for use (DOE TRADE Glossary and Acronyms of Emergency Management Terms ORAU 91/K-37 November 1991 ) Back to Top
evacuation: The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging
evacuation: A process of removing air and moisture from an emptied air conditioning system, using a vacuum pump
evacuation: The removal of any gases not characteristic to a system or vessel
evacuation: Used to describe the mass removal of Japanese nationals, naturalized citizens, and Canadian born Japanese from the "protected area" as documented in PC 1486, February 24, 1942 This process lead to the eventual resettlement of over 15,000 Japanese Canadians outside of British Columbia
evacuation: Euphemism for the eviction of Japanese Americans from their homes, because of their alleged threat to national security
evacuation: Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc