evacuating

Definitions

The act of removing people from a place of danger to a safer location.

The process of emptying a container, space, or organ of its contents.

Examples

The authorities are currently evacuating the residents from the coastal areas due to the approaching hurricane.

We spent the entire afternoon evacuating the building after the fire alarm was triggered.

Synonyms

emptying clearing vacating withdrawing abandoning departing removing

Antonyms

filling occupying inhabiting entering staying remaining settling