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evacuare

to evacuate

verb eh-vah-KWAH-reh Rare
Travel & Places Movement

Origin: From Latin evacuare, 'to empty out'.

Usage Note

Evacuare is used for both people (evacuating a building or area in an emergency) and medical contexts (bowel evacuation). When the subject is the authorities ordering an evacuation, it is transitive with avere; when describing the act of leaving, it can be intransitive. The noun is evacuazione.

Examples

"I residenti hanno dovuto evacuare rapidamente."

Natural Translation

The residents had to evacuate quickly.

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