English-Italian translations for evacuate

• evacuare
  Ma cosa si intende con "evacuare"? What is meant by 'evacuated', though?
  I villaggi hanno preso fuoco ed è stato necessario evacuare la popolazione. Villages were burning and the population had to be evacuated.
  Intervenire rapidamente per evacuare i cittadini dei paesi dell’Unione. 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