evacuate
/ɪˈvækjueɪt/
verb
- To move people from a dangerous place to a safer one.
- The school practiced how to evacuate during a fire drill.
- Residents were forced to evacuate their homes due to the flood.
- The firefighters told everyone to evacuate the building immediately.
- To empty a place of people or things.
- The army ordered the town to evacuate all civilians.
- The stadium was evacuated after a bomb threat.
- We need to evacuate the storage room before the renovation.
- To remove waste matter from the body, especially the bowels.
- The patient was unable to evacuate his bowels without help.
- Drinking plenty of water helps the body evacuate waste regularly.
- The medication helps evacuate the digestive system.
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