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e⋅vac⋅u⋅ate

  [i-vak-yoo-eyt] verb, -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
Use Evacuated in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to leave empty; vacate.
2. 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.
3. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.
4. Military.
a. to remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
b. to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
5. Physiology. to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels.
6. to deprive: Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
7. to produce a vacuum in.
–verb (used without object)
8. to leave a place because of military or other threats.
9. to void; defecate.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L ēvacuātus (ptp. of ēvacuāre to empty out, equiv. to ē- e- + vacuāre to empty); see vacuum, -ate 1

Synonyms:
1. empty, void, drain.
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e·vac·u·ate   (ĭ-vāk'yōō-āt')   
v.   e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates

v.   tr.

    1. To empty or remove the contents of.

    2. To create a vacuum in.

    3. To relinquish military possession or occupation of (a town, for example).

    4. To withdraw or send away (troops or inhabitants) from a threatened area.

  2. To excrete or discharge waste matter from (the bowel, for example).

    1. To relinquish military possession or occupation of (a town, for example).

    2. To withdraw or send away (troops or inhabitants) from a threatened area.

  4. To withdraw or depart from; vacate.

v.   intr.

  1. To withdraw from or vacate a place or area, especially as a protective measure.

  2. To excrete waste matter from the body.


[Middle English evacuaten, from Latin ēvacuāre, ēvacuāt-, to empty out : ē-, ex-, ex- + vacuus, empty (from vacāre, to be empty; see euə- in Indo-European roots).]
e·vac'u·a'tive adj., e·vac'u·a'tor n.
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Word Origin & History

evacuate 
c.1400 (implied in evacuation), from L. evacuatus, pp. of evacuare "empty," used by Pliny in reference to the bowels, used figuratively in L.L. for "clear out," from ex- "out" + vacuus "empty." Earliest sense in Eng. is medical. Meaning "remove inhabitants to safer ground" is from 1934.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: evac·u·ate
Pronunciation: i-'vak-y&-"wAt
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -at·ed; -at·ing
transitivesenses
1 : to remove the contents of <evacuate an abscess>
2 : to discharge (as urine or feces) from the body as waste : VOID evacuate intransitive senses
: to pass urine or feces from the body —evac·u·a·tive /-"wAt-iv/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

evacuate e·vac·u·ate (ĭ-vāk'y&oomacr;-āt')
v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates

  1. To empty or remove the contents of.

  2. To excrete or discharge waste matter, especially of the bowels.

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