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Meaning of 'evacuate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Evacuate [ v. i.]
- To let blood
2 . Evacuate [ v. t.]
- To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
- Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
- To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
- To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.

Meaning of 'evacuate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . evacuate [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move out of an unsafe location into safety
Example in sentence:
  • After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
Meaning (2):
- empty completely
Example in sentence:
  • evacuate the bottle;
  • We cleaned out all the drawers

Nearby Words:

evacate evacuant evacuated evacuating evacuation evacuative evacuator evacuatory evade evaded

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