| evacuate | (v) move out of an unsafe location into safety, Example: After the earthquake, residents were evacuated |
| evacuate | (v) empty completely, Example: evacuate the bottle |
| evacuate | (v) move people from their homes or country |
| evacuate | (v) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) |
| evacuate | (v) excrete or discharge from the body, Syn. empty, void |
| evacuation | (n) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection |
| Evacuate | v. t. Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ] The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Evacuate | v. i. |
| evacuated | adj. |
| Evacuation | n. [ L. evacuatio: cf. F. évacuation. ]
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| Evacuative | a. [ Cf. F. évacuatif. ] Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Evacuator | n. One who evacuates; a nullifier. “Evacuators of the law.” Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Evacuatory | n. A purgative. [ 1913 Webster ] |