evacuate

/ɪˈvækjueɪt/verb

उच्चारण इवैक्युएट

(लोगों को) निकालना, ख़ाली कराना

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verb

1
[T] ~ sb (from…) (to…)
to move people from a place of danger to a safer place
(लोगों को) निकालना, ख़ाली कराना
- Villagers were evacuated before the cyclone.
Synonyms remove move out relocate clear withdraw
Opposite occupy fill return settle
2
[T] ~ sth
to leave a place because it is not safe; to make people do this
(जगह) ख़ाली करना
- The building was evacuated.
Synonyms vacate abandon leave quit clear
Opposite occupy enter

◇Word family

evacuation nounevacuee noun

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

remove move out relocate clear withdraw vacate abandon leave quit

Antonyms

occupy fill return settle enter

AaSpelling

e·vac·u·ate

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One-word substitution

A person moved from a dangerous place is an evacuee; a person forced to leave their country a refugee; a person forced to leave home but staying in their own country an internally displaced person (IDP).

ख़तरनाक जगह से निकाला गया व्यक्ति evacuee; अपना देश छोड़ने को विवश व्यक्ति refugee (शरणार्थी); घर छोड़ने को विवश पर अपने देश में रहने वाला internally displaced person (IDP)।

General knowledge

Operation Ganga (2022) evacuated Indian students from Ukraine; Operation Kaveri (2023) evacuated Indians from Sudan; Odisha's early evacuation during cyclones has saved many lives.

Operation Ganga (2022) ने यूक्रेन से भारतीय छात्रों को निकाला; Operation Kaveri (2023) ने सूडान से भारतीयों को निकाला; चक्रवातों के दौरान ओडिशा की समय पर निकासी ने कई जानें बचाई हैं।