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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)
Derived Forms
- ˈܲپ, adjective
- ˌˈپDz, noun
- ˈˌٴǰ, noun
Other Word Forms
- e·u·ٱ verb reevacuated reevacuating
- ܲe·u·e adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of evacuate1
Example Sentences
And three injured Druze were evacuated by Israeli forces to a hospital in northern Israel on Wednesday evening, the Israeli military said.
More than 40 residents were evacuated after the flames spread to neighbouring homes.
Lam says he stayed behind to help evacuate others.
A block of flats in north-west London has been evacuated after a large fire spread from a neighbouring electricity substation.
Trains were cancelled and evacuated in some regions, and traffic lights stopped working as delays mounted at airports.
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