About The Word Evacuate
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Evacuate
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What's The Definition Of Evacuate?
[v] excrete or discharge from the body
[v] empty completely; "evacuate the bottle" [v] create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.) [v] move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" [v] move people from their homes or country Synonyms | Synonyms for Evacuate: empty | exhaust | void Related Terms | Find terms related to Evacuate: abandon | abscond | back out | beat a retreat | beg off | blow | blow out | bow out | breathe out | ca-ca | clean out | clear | clear away | clear off | clear out | clear the decks | crap | cry off | defecate | depart from | deplete | deprive | desert | disappear | discard | discharge | divest | drain | drop out | dung | eliminate | emit | empty | empty out | exhale | exhaust | expire | forsake | fume | get rid of | give off | give out | give vent to | go back on | jettison | jilt | leave | leave behind | leave flat | let out | maroon | move | number two | open the floodgates | open the sluices | puff | pull out | purge | quit | quit cold | reek | relinquish | relocate | remove | renege | retire | retreat | say goodbye to | scour out | shit | smoke | stand down | steam | stool | sweep out | take a shit | take leave of | throw off | throw over | unclog | unfoul | vacate | vanish | vapor | vent | void | withdraw | withdraw from See Also | displace | egest | eliminate | empty | excrete | force out | move | pass | suction Evacuate In Webster's Dictionary \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evacuated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Evacuating}.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
{Vacate}.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
meaning. --Coleridge.
3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
from a country, city, or fortress.
The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
--Burke.
5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
\E*vac"u*ate\, v. i. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton. |
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