to evac
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8.1
- verb
- /ɪˈvæk/
- Jargon
:
evacuar
- During the drill, they practiced how to evac the school in case of a fire.
Well, it's been a pleasure before I evacuate to talk to you.
- Well, it's been a pleasure before I evacuate to talk to you.
- We think that's probably why we missed the moment to evacuate our house during the fires last year.
- And I was, I was in a burning building once in Kansas City, but I just made a sandwich and so I didn't evacuate and I ate that sandwich.
- So I said, well, let's just say there's a we'll say there's a gas leak and we'll we'll evacuate everybody.
- And before he got to say that they were evacuating the White House, the building we were in started to shake.
- People are charging in to defend their homes and we're charging in to evacuate out their families.
Examples
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Mikey, Carlos, we have to evac the bus.
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Evac your people within 10 minutes.
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Because we're about to evac, right?
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I need to evac now.
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Right now, we need to evac.
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Get the shuttle ready to evac now!
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Otherwise, we're going to have to evac that trailer park down Canyon.
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I thought they already evac'd for the winter.
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They had to evac the area for search and rescue.
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In an emergency, everyone must evac the building immediately for safety.
Synonyms
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3.0
Leave a place quickly or suddenly
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4.1
To move people out of a place because it is dangerous, for example during a fire
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2.4
To run away from a place because it is dangerous
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3.2
To leave a place quickly, often to travel somewhere else
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1.0
To go out of a place or leave a situation
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2.0
Leave a place suddenly, often to avoid someone or something
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2.3
To run away suddenly to escape danger
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3.8
Leave suddenly because you are in a hurry
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8.4
To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
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7.9
To leave a place suddenly without permission
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3.5
Leave quickly to escape danger, often by flying
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3.4
To move people out of a building for safety during an emergency
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9.2
Leave a place quickly to avoid trouble or danger
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4.1
Leave a place because it is dangerous or officials tell you to
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4.9
Leave a place suddenly and quickly because you feel scared
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6.6
Leave a place quickly because people are angry or you are in trouble
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7.2
Leave quickly to go somewhere or to avoid trouble
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8.2
To leave a place quickly to escape danger
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8.8
To leave quickly to avoid trouble or questions
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2.5
Leave a place quickly because you are in a hurry
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9.8
To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble
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6.1
Run away quickly to escape danger or trouble
To run away quickly, usually because you are afraid
To leave quickly to avoid trouble or attention
Antonyms
How Quickly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Evac as a verb is a quick form of evacuate, from Latin evacuare 'empty', and is related to words like vacant and vacuum. So to evac is to leave a place quickly to make it 'empty' and safe.