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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 51Թ Forms
- e·u·ٱ verb reevacuated reevacuating
- ܲe·u·e adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of evacuate1
Example Sentences
People and properties have been evacuated as a wildfire has spread over a large area of forest in Galloway.
“When the next disaster hits, we need to be better prepared to evacuate people who cannot evacuate themselves,” Hahn said in a statement.
Some surrounding buildings have been evacuated as a precaution.
When the fighting began, countries and companies scrambled to evacuate staff.
Both Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon spa, a popular tourist destination, had already been ordered to evacuate in anticipation of the eruption.
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