English-Danish translations for evacuate

• evakuere
  Hvad menes der imidlertid med "evakueres"? What is meant by 'evacuated', though?
  600.000 personer måtte evakueres. Six hundred thousand people had to be evacuated.
  For det første var der ingen strøm, så minearbejderne måtte evakueres. Firstly, there was no power so the coalminers had to be evacuated.

Definition of evacuate

• To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
• To cause to leave or withdraw from
• To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum
• To make empty; to deprive
• To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels

Examples

• the soldiers evacuated the fortress
• The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached
• The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street
• The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen
• to evacuate a contract or marriage

Related words

• evacuated
• evacuate air
• make a move; dislocate; evacuate