evacuate
to leave empty; vacate.
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.
Origin of evacuate
1Other words for evacuate
Other words from evacuate
- re·e·vac·u·ate, verb, re·e·vac·u·at·ed, re·e·vac·u·at·ing.
- un·e·vac·u·at·ed, adjective
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How to use evacuate in a sentence
The animals are supposedly evacuating themselves in anticipation of an eruption at the park, which sits on a huge volcanic system.
Turns Out, a Video of Bison Purportedly Fleeing Yellowstone Is a Hoax | Timothy Lesle | April 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat seemed to be a possibility after the head of the national security council in Kiev talked about evacuating their families.
They knew otherwise when they saw numerous passengers self-evacuating from the cars.
Amazing Grace in the Bronx: Inside the Metro-North Train-Wreck Rescue | Michael Daly | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe captain delays evacuating passengers for 90 seconds after the plane ends its violent crash landing.
The captain of the plane that crashed in San Francisco waited 90 seconds before evacuating.
Scrambling up the bank, revolvers in hand, they reached the trenches just as the insurgents were hurriedly evacuating them.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanLet me again entreat, that no doubt may be left in the treaty relative to the time and manner of evacuating their ports here.
Soon after this it was reported that the Confederates were evacuating the works in our front.
We heard that we were to march into Germany in the wake of the evacuating army and occupy one of the bridge-heads.
War in the Garden of Eden | Kermit RooseveltThe mistake frequently made is, in not following up the evacuating medicine with tonics.
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British Dictionary definitions for evacuate
/ (ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt) /
(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)
Origin of evacuate
1Derived forms of evacuate
- evacuation, noun
- evacuative, adjective
- evacuator, noun
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