evacuate, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

evacuate (evacuates 3rd person present) (evacuating present participle) (evacuated past tense & past participle )

1  verb To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.
They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country...  V n
Since 1951, 18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.  be V-ed from
♦ evacuation  (evacuations plural) n-var
...the evacuation of the sick and wounded..., An evacuation of the city's four-million inhabitants is planned for later this week.

2  verb If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous.
The fire is threatening about sixty homes, and residents have evacuated the area...  V n
Officials ordered the residents to evacuate.  V
♦ evacuation  (evacuations plural) n-var
...the mass evacuation of the Bosnian town of Srebrenica..., Burning sulfur from the wreck has forced evacuations from the area.