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to evacuate
01
to leave a place to be safe from a dangerous situation
Intransitive
Transitive: to evacuate a place
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Movement verb
Regular
Present tense
evacuate
3rd person singular
evacuates
Present participle
evacuating
Past simple
evacuated
Past participle
evacuated
Examples
As the wildfire rapidly approached the neighborhood, residents were instructed to evacuate immediately.
02
(of armed forces) to empty a dangerous place
Transitive: to evacuate an area
Examples
Outnumbered and ambushed by enemy forces, the military unit had no choice but to evacuate the area.
03
to excrete or discharge waste from the body, such as bodily fluids or substances
Transitive: to evacuate body waste
Examples
After drinking several glasses of water, the body naturally evacuates excess fluids through the process of urination.
04
to remove or empty the contents from a container or space
Transitive: to evacuate a container
Examples
After heavy rainfall, the homeowner used a pump to evacuate the basement.
05
to transfer people from somewhere dangerous to a safe place
Transitive: to evacuate sb from a place
Examples
The emergency response team worked tirelessly to evacuate residents from the flooded neighborhood.
Lexical Tree
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