evacuate

Meaning

1. (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
4. (figuratively) To make empty; to deprive.
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.

Synonyms

empty

vacate

void

defecate

clear

excrete

drain

move

disperse

withdraw

clear out

take refuge

discharge

deplete

evacuation

dislocate

dislodge

dismiss

displace

dispose

disturb

egest

eliminate

emigrate

emptying

erase

evacuated

eviscerate

exenterate

exhaust

exit

fire

🔥

form

forsake

get out

go out

knock out

leave

leave behind

offload

pass

pass on

pin

play

port

propagate

pull out

pump

purge

put over

Translations

évacuer

evacuare

evakuieren

evacuar

evacuar

räumen

evacueren

vuotare

boşaltmak

ontruimen

entleeren

evacuar

εκκενώνω

αδειάζω

lasciare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/

Etymology

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

Sentences

The next day , the entire population was ordered to evacuate the city .