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evacuate
[ih-vak-yoo-eyt]
verb (used with object)
to leave empty; vacate.
Synonyms: , ,to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection.
to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood.
to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety.
to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.
Military.
to remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
Physiology.to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels.
to deprive.
Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
to produce a vacuum in.
evacuate
/ ɪˈæʊˌɪ /
verb
(also intr) to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
to make empty by removing the contents of
(also intr) physiol
to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
(tr) to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
Other Word Forms
- reevacuate verb
- unevacuated adjective
- ˈܲپ adjective
- ˌˈپDz noun
- ˈˌٴǰ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of evacuate1
Example Sentences
About 40 other residents in the area were evacuated, with some staying at the nearby Salutation Hotel, which is being used a respite centre.
U.S. embassies across the region issued restrictions on movements; in recent days, several embassies evacuated non-essential staff.
Worried that an attack by Israel could provoke Iran to retaliate by targeting US military installations nearby, the US had already partially evacuated US embassy staff from Iraq.
Her mother, Najwa, 23, smiled as she described her feelings on crossing into Jordan on Wednesday, when her daughter was evacuated from Gaza with other Palestinian children.
Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are evacuating from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources said on Wednesday.
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