Evacuate

/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
4. (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

Example Sentences

The soldiers evacuated the fortress.

The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.

The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.

The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.

Early the next morning I set off on the long and hazardous trek through jungles and hills into Assam, and regretfully said "good-bye" to the gallant little Burma Railways, which had functioned to the last and played a big part in evacuating many thousands of refugees and wounded soldiers in the path of the rapidly advancing Japanese.

The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.

Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.

In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]

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Word Forms

• evacuates
• evacuating
• evacuated

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