evacuate
To leave or withdraw fromTo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
» The people were evacuated because of the flood.
Die Menschen wurden wegen des Hochwassers evakuiert.
Людей эвакуировали из-за потопа.
Население было эвакуировано в связи с наводнением.
Людей евакуювали із-за потопу.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
evakuieren
эвакуи́роватьevakuírovatʹ
евакуюва́тиevakujuváty
To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
entleeren
опорожня́тьoporožnjátʹ, опорожни́тьoporožnítʹ, опустоша́тьopustošátʹ
create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
(figuratively)To make empty; to deprive.
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
to evacuate a contract or marriage
Examples
104 sentencesThe people were evacuated because of the flood.
Людей евакуювали із-за потопу.
ruЛюдей эвакуировали из-за потопа.
deDie Menschen wurden wegen des Hochwassers evakuiert.
Prepare to evacuate.
Приготуйтеся до евакуації.
ruПриготовьтесь к эвакуации.
We still have time to evacuate.
We need to evacuate the building.
ruНам нужно эвакуировать всех из здания.
We have to evacuate the building.
ruНам надо эвакуировать здание.
Translations
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Origin
First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēFirst attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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Forms
evacuates, evacuating, evacuated, evacuatedSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle