English-Dutch translations for evacuate

• evacueren
  Maar wat bedoelen we dan met "evacueren"? What is meant by 'evacuated', though?
  Snelle interventies om burgers van EU-landen te evacueren. That of rapid intervention to evacuate citizens of EU countries.
  De ngo's hebben ons gevraagd deze mensen per schip te evacueren. Mijn vraag is dan: waarheen? The NGOs are asking us to have them evacuated by sea, but, there again, I have to ask: to go where?
• ontruimen
  Zelf heb ik in Opper-Oostenrijk en Neder-Oostenrijk meegeholpen bij het ontruimen, evacueren en opruimen, net als vele duizenden burgers buiten deze zaal.I personally have cleaned up, evacuated and shovelled in Upper and Lower Austria, as have many of us here and thousands, literally thousands outside this House.
• uitruimen

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