0 present participle of evacuate --
1 to move people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: --
After great difficulty the evacuating committee found three cottages alongside each other in which these three women and their children could be taken.
The authority responsible for evacuating children should see that they are properly provided for when they go.
They required massive preparations to be made for evacuating major cities.
Prompt radiation effects were avoided by evacuating all personnel from the area where prompt radiation effects were significant.
I hope that before long it may be possible to survey with the intention of evacuating through the southern exit.
Some arrangement ought to be made by which such sums can be recovered not by the receiving but by the evacuating authority.
This cannot be their contention because, rather casually, they talk of evacuating one-third of the population should disaster overtake us.
I can only suggest to him that if he has foreknowledge or second sight he should take the precaution of evacuating himself.
