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Evacuate

ɪˈvakjʊeɪt

Evacuate definitions
verb
evacuate evacuated evacuates evacuating
  1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place

    "several families were evacuated from their homes"

    remove clear move out shift take away turn out expel evict clear ask/force people to leave make people leave make people get out empty depopulate
    • leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger)

      "fire alarms forced staff to evacuate the building"

    • (of troops) withdraw from (a place)

      "the last British troops evacuated the Canal Zone"

  2. remove air, water, or other contents from (a container)

    "when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond"

    • empty (the bowels or another bodily organ)

      "patients evacuated their bowels before dialysis"

    • discharge (faeces or other matter) from the body

      "the bowel functions to evacuate solid waste products"