English-French translations for evacuate

• évacuer
  Or, évacuer, qu'est-ce que cela signifie? What is meant by 'evacuated', though?
  L'aide internationale a été nécessaire pour nous permettre d'évacuer tout un village, sauver les gens et les évacuer par voie aérienne. International help was needed to enable us to evacuate a whole village and to rescue the people and fly them out.
  Intervenir rapidement pour évacuer les ressortissants de pays européens. That of rapid intervention to evacuate citizens of EU countries.

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