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evacuate.

To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
  1. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.

    transitive
    The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
    The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.

    The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
  3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.

    The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
  4. To make empty; to deprive.

    figuratively
  5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).

  6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

    to evacuate a contract or marriage
Where this word comes from

First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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