evacuates

Empties for safety

Evacuates means to remove people from a dangerous place or to leave such a place: The city evacuates residents before hurricanes.

It also means to empty the contents of something—medically, to evacuate the bowels.

In military contexts, troops evacuate a position when they withdraw from it.

emergency

flee

Depart swiftly from threat

siren · warning · urgency · crisis · disaster · drill · protocol · route · shelter · safety

displacement

refugees

People seeking safety elsewhere

relocation · resettlement · uprooting · depopulation · flight · expulsion · dispersal · exile · banishment · camps

removal

clear

Without obstruction or fog

expel · oust · eject · dislodge · extract · airlift · transport · escort · usher · move

medical

bowel

Internal digestive organ

  • bladderOrgan holding urine
  • purgeEliminate unwanted elements
  • voidWithout legal effect

expel · discharge · drain · flush · cleanse · enema · catheter · colonic · laxative · elimination

depressurize

cabin

Simple wooden dwelling

altitude · rapid · explosive · seal · breach · vacuum · hatch · airlock · spacecraft

Opposites
presence/occupation

evacuatesoccupies

Fills or holds space

fills · inhabits · populates · settles · colonizes

emergency response strategy

evacuatesstays put

Remains in place

remains · rides out · weathers · endures · stays

population movement

evacuatesrepopulates

Fills an empty area

repatriates · resettles · imports · concentrates · gathers

Phrases
Family

evacuation, evacuate, evacuated, evacuating, evacuations, evacuators, evacuator

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G