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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 yvlog Forms
- e·u·ٱ verb reevacuated reevacuating
- ܲe·u·e adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of evacuate1
Example Sentences
“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.
Deputies arrived on the block around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and evacuated nearby residences or instructed neighbors to shelter in place.
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