evacuates

Evacuates is the third-person singular present tense of the verb evacuate. Evacuate, in its primary sense, means to remove people from danger or threat, or to empty a place or container of people, objects, or contents. The form evacuates is used with singular subjects, such as “the city evacuates residents” or “the agency evacuates civilians.”

Etymology: Evacuate comes from Latin evacuare, from evacuus meaning empty. The construction combines a prefix meaning “out” with a root meaning “empty,” reflecting the sense of making a space or area empty by removing occupants or contents. The noun form evacuation and the adjective evacuable are related derivatives.

Usage: In emergency management, authorities issue orders to evacuate and may coordinate shelters and transportation. In everyday language, evacuate can refer to clearing a space (evacuating a building) or even medical contexts such as evacuating a patient from a facility, though the latter is specialized. In law and policy contexts, evacuation is the process, and an evacuee is a person who is relocated.