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Phrase(s): evacuate someone (from something) (to something)
to remove someone from something or some place to another thing or place, as in an emergency. • They had to evacuate everyone from the subway station to a nearby building. • The rescuers evacuated the people from the flames.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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verb ADV. safely VERB + EVACUATE help (to) to provide aircraft to help evacuate refugees PREP. from Helicopters were used to evacuate people from their homes. | to The man has now been safely evacuated to the mainland.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
to withdraw or depart from:
We need to evacuate the city at once.
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