Evacuate meaning in English

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Definition

to evacuate (an area): to empty, to clear, to vacate (an area) verb

an evacuation: removal, withdrawal, emptying noun

Examples

"Brent : Candy, we've heard that the National Guard has been called in to help the evacuation effort."

Exercise 1

Select the TRUE statement(s) according to this broadcast!

There may be more than one correct choice!

It's been raining for ten days straight in Seattle.

Candy is making a live appearance on television.

Candy is reporting from a coffee shop.

Brent has heard that people are being removed from the city due to the bad weather.

Select the TRUE statement(s) according to this broadcast!

There may be more than one correct choice!

It's been raining for ten days straight in Seattle.

This statement is true. Brent reports that the rain in Seattle started 10 days ago, and hasn't stopped since. The phrase "hasn't stopped since" refers to the fact that it is still raining now, despite having started 10 days ago. In this context, "straight" means consecutively or continuously. For example: I've been studying for 3 hours straight, without a break.

Candy is making a live appearance on television.

Candy is watching the news on television, she herself is in a coffee shop, not on television, nor is she "reporting about television". Towards the end of this broadcast, Candy reveals that she is not actually outside on the streets of Seattle, but that she is in a coffee shop watching the news on television.

Candy is reporting from a coffee shop.

This is a true statement. Towards the end of this broadcast, Brent asks Candy where she is, and she replies that she is in a Starbucks, watching the news on television. Starbucks is a coffee franchise.

Brent has heard that people are being removed from the city due to the bad weather.

This statement is true. Brent asks Candy to confirm that the National Guard (a branch of the United States Army) has been "called in to help the evacuation effort". To evacuate (someone) is to help them to escape from a certain place. During natural disasters such as intense floods, people are often evacuated. Candy neither confirms nor denies this, though she does report that there are helicopters flying in from the south.

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