evacuate

Everyday

1. To evacuate a place is to leave it, or to make people leave it, because it is dangerous. tree →
2. To evacuate people is to move them to a safer place. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and safety, schools practise fire drills so they can evacuate quickly and calmly; in news and stories people are evacuated from floods, fires and storms. Phrases: «evacuate the building», «evacuation drill», «be evacuated».

Examples

• We evacuated the school during the fire drill. tree →
• Walk, don't run, when you evacuate the classroom. tree →
• Families were evacuated because of the flood. tree →
• The firefighters told everyone to evacuate. tree →
• In the war, many children were evacuated to the countryside. tree →
• Line up at the meeting point after you evacuate. tree →
• Leave your bags behind when you evacuate. tree →
• Peace was then concluded, whereupon the Amazons evacuated the country. tree →

Note

Regular verb. Noun: «evacuation»; a person moved away is an «evacuee». Safety: in an evacuation follow the adult in charge, leave belongings, use stairs not lifts, and go to the meeting point.