evacuate

• Verbo que designa la acción de trasladar a personas de un lugar peligroso a otro más seguro, o de desocupar un lugar retirando a sus ocupantes.

A verb used to indicate the act of moving people from a dangerous place to a safer one, or to empty a place of its occupants.

1. Remove from dangerB2formal

   To move people from a dangerous place to a safer location.

   Evacuar (sacar de peligro)

   • The authorities ordered residents to evacuate the flood zone.
   • They evacuated the building after the fire alarm went off.
   • The entire village was evacuated before the hurricane hit.

   Sinónimoscleardisplacemove outrelocateremovetransferwithdraw

   Antónimosoccupyremainstay

2. Empty a placeB2formal

   To leave or cause a place to become empty, often due to an emergency.

   Evacuar (vaciar un lugar)

   • The soldiers evacuated the area before the bomb disposal team arrived.
   • We need to evacuate the premises immediately.
   • The stadium was evacuated after a suspicious package was found.

   Sinónimosabandonclearemptyquitvacate

   Antónimosfilloccupypopulate