evacuate
Leave for safety
Evacuate means to leave or empty a place, especially in response to danger.
Authorities evacuate buildings during fires, cities before hurricanes, civilians from war zones.
The word implies urgency and organized departure: We had to evacuate when the gas leak was detected.
In medical contexts, evacuate means to empty the bowels or bladder.
Figuratively, to evacuate is to remove or withdraw: The army evacuated its troops from the region.
Depart swiftly from threat
- escapeFlight from captivity
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- drillHole-boring device
rescue · shelter · refuge · crisis · disaster · warning · siren · exit
Without obstruction or fog
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- removeTake something away
- withdrawRemove or pull away
- abandonLeave behind permanently
desert · leave · depart · exit · extract · relocate · clear-out · decamp
Lower digestive organs
- bladderOrgan holding urine
- voidWithout legal effect
- expelRemove forcibly from membership
- purgeEliminate unwanted elements
drain · discharge · empty · excrete · catheter · enema · colonic · elimination
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- migrationMovement to new territory
flight · diaspora · uprooting · resettlement · expulsion · depopulation · humanitarian · dispersal
flee
Depart swiftly from threat
drill · rescue · shelter · refuge · crisis · disaster · warning · siren · exit · route
clear
Without obstruction or fog
abandon · desert · leave · depart · exit · extract · relocate · clear-out · decamp · retreat
bowels
Lower digestive organs
purge · drain · discharge · empty · excrete · catheter · enema · colonic · elimination · defecate
refugees
People seeking safety elsewhere
- displacedShifted from proper location
- relocationPermanent change of residence
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
migration · flight · diaspora · uprooting · resettlement · expulsion · depopulation · humanitarian · dispersal · sanctuary
depressurize
Remove internal pressure
decompress · seal · chamber · pressure · extract · vent · purge · exhaust
- safety phrasessafe, warning, danger, caution, careful
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- rescuerescue, rescue team, search and rescue, rescue dog, save
- escapeescape, flee, run away, get away, flight
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- Emergency Actionsduck, dodge, stop drop roll, brace, shelter
evacuatehunker down
Settle in defensively
stay put · ride it out · fortify · shelter-in-place · shelter in place
- medical evacuationTransporting injured to care
- evacuation planEmergency departure procedure
- evacuation routePlanned emergency exit path
- emergency evacuationRapid departure from danger
- evacuation ordersOfficial commands to flee
- mandatory evacuationForced departure order
evacuation, evacuated, evacuating, evacuates, evacuations, evacuators, evacuator