verb (used with object),e·vac·u·at·ed,e·vac·u·at·ing.
to leave empty; vacate.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.
Military.
to remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
Physiology. to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels.
to deprive: Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
to produce a vacuum in.
verb (used without object),e·vac·u·at·ed,e·vac·u·at·ing.
to leave a place because of military or other threats.
to void; defecate.
Origin of evacuate
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin ēvacuātus “emptied out” (past participle of ēvacuāre, equivalent to ē- + vacuāre ); see origin at e-1, vacuum, -ate1
Late last year, the city moved employees into the downtown high-rise, only to evacuate them a few weeks later after the building was declared a public nuisance.
Morning Report: The Deal Before the 101 Ash St. Deal|Voice of San Diego|August 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
So far, five people have died in the fires and more than 119,000 others have had to evacuate from their homes.
Photos of California’s fires reveal massive destruction across the state|Danielle Abril|August 21, 2020|Fortune
After the city evacuated the building, Faulconer initiated a forensic review and tapped three outside law firms to address different aspects of the overall project.
City’s Real Estate Assets Director Resigns Amid Scrutiny Over Ash Street Deal|Lisa Halverstadt and Jesse Marx|August 4, 2020|Voice of San Diego
The city responded by voluntarily shutting down the building and evacuating employees who had already moved in.
City Botched High-Rise Deal from Acquisition to Renovation, Investigation Finds|Jesse Marx and Lisa Halverstadt|July 30, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Most critically, the county identified that one of the project’s two routes, West Lilac Road, presents an entrapment risk in the event people need to evacuate for a wildfire.
The Burning Question Surrounding the Latest Version of Lilac Hills Ranch|Maya Srikrishnan|June 24, 2020|Voice of San Diego
But where do you evacuate to, when the world is about to end?
The Stacks: How The Berlin Wall Inspired John le Carré’s First Masterpiece|John le Carré|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
De Merode was ordered to evacuate the national park he served at the time.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was helping to evacuate people from the stricken North Tower when the second plane hit.
The President and the Tow Truck Driver|Michael Daly|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There is no plan as of yet to evacuate Dr. Brantly to a Western facility, Isaacs said.
Two Americans Have Now Been Diagnosed With Ebola in Record Outbreak|Kent Sepkowitz|July 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this month, the friendliest of them, 31-year-old Denis, told us they were given very short notice to evacuate Sloviansk.
I Was Snatched at the MH17 ‘Morgue’|Anna Nemtsova|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A month later the town of Alexandria capitulated, and the French army was allowed to evacuate Egypt.
London and the Kingdom - Volume III|Reginald R. Sharpe
We'll have to evacuate the tube to get her in perfect balance.
Psichopath|Gordon Randall Garrett
Buell, before starting northward in pursuit of Bragg, was about to evacuate Nashville.
The Secret Service.|Albert D. Richardson
The Persians upon this had to evacuate their strong position, and to retire to a lower range of hills very near to Pasargadge.
The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media|George Rawlinson
We shall be compelled to evacuate our storehouse and to seek another, as the rats are doing prodigious havoc to the stores.
Letters of George Borrow|George Borrow
British Dictionary definitions for evacuate
evacuate
/ (ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt) /
verb(mainly tr)
(also intr)to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
to make empty by removing the contents of
(also intr)physiol
to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
(tr)to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)