evacuate
🇺🇸
/ɪˈvækjueɪt/
🇬🇧
/ɪˈvækjueɪt/
verb
C1
to move people from danger to safety
The fire alarm went off, and everyone had to evacuate the building quickly.
C1
to leave a dangerous place and make it empty
When the hurricane warning came, residents were told to evacuate immediately.
R
to empty the bowels
The medicine helps patients evacuate their bowels more easily.
translation
to move people from danger to safety; to leave a dangerous place and make it empty; to empty the bowels
Word Forms
3rd Present
evacuates
Past
evacuated
Perfect
evacuated
Progressive
evacuating