Vacuate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vacuate is a verb meaning To empty; to clear out.
Meaning
To empty; to clear out.
Example Sentences
Mr. Toynbee recommends, in cases of ruptured membrane tympani, "directing the stream of water [in syringing] through the orifice of the membrane into the tympanum in order to vacuate the latter cavity of its contents."
Word Forms
- vacuates
- vacuating
- vacuated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include evacuate, evacate, vacate, void, clear out, devoid.
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