English-Portuguese translations for evacuate

• evacuar
  Ora, significa o quê, evacuar? What is meant by 'evacuated', though?
  Foi tão grave que o exército teve de intervir para evacuar as áreas mais afectadas. It was so bad that the army had to intervene to evacuate the hardest hit areas.
  Só então podemos estar certos de que não teremos de evacuar 100 000 pessoas, desta vez no território da União Europeia. Only then can we be sure that we will not have to evacuate 100 000 people, this time within the territory of the European Union.

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