evacuate.
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
Meaning & usage
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
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.
To make empty; to deprive.
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
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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