1 [VN] to move people from a place of danger to a safer place:
Police evacuated nearby buildings. * Children were evacuated from London to escape the bombing. * Families were evacuated to safer parts of the city.
2 to move out of a place because of danger, and leave the place empty:
[VN] Employees were urged to evacuate their offices immediately. * [V] Locals were told to evacuate.
3 [VN] (formal) to empty your bowels
evacuation noun [U,C]:
the emergency evacuation of thousands of people after the earthquake
