evacuate

évacuer

Quitter un lieu dangereux ou en faire sortir les personnes pour les mettre en sécurité.

En anglais simple : To leave a dangerous place, or move people away from it to safety.

• Everyone must evacuate the building.
• Police evacuated residents after the gas leak.
• We evacuated before the flood reached our street.

Comment l'utiliser : evacuate someone from something (Rescuers evacuated families from the flooded village.); evacuate someone to somewhere (They evacuated the children to a nearby school.)

Synonymes : leave, clear, move to safety

Expressions courantes : evacuate a building, evacuate residents, evacuate the area

vider, évacuer

Retirer le contenu d’un espace ou d’un récipient, surtout l’air ou le gaz.

En anglais simple : To remove the contents of a space or container, especially air or gas.

• The pump evacuates the chamber.
• They evacuated the air before sealing the tube.
• The vessel must be evacuated before the experiment begins.

Comment l'utiliser : evacuate something from something (The pump evacuates air from the chamber.)

Synonymes : empty, pump out

Contraires : fill

Expressions courantes : evacuate a chamber, evacuate a vessel, evacuate the air

annuler, invalider

Supprimer officiellement la validité juridique d’un accord ou d’une décision.

En anglais simple : To officially end the legal force of an agreement or decision.

• The court evacuated the contract.
• The decree evacuated their marriage.
• The judges evacuated the earlier judgment after finding an error.

Synonymes : annul, nullify, invalidate

Contraires : validate

Expressions courantes : evacuate a contract, evacuate a judgment, evacuate a marriage