Definition of 'evacuate'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense evacuates
, present participle evacuating
, past tense, past participle evacuated
1. verb
2. verb
If people evacuate a place, they move out of it for a period of time, especially because it is dangerous.
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evacuate in British English
verb (mainly tr)
1. (also intr)
3. (also intr) physiology
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Derived forms
evacuation (eˌvacuˈation) noun
evacuative (eˈvacuative)
adjective
evacuator (eˈvacuˌator)
noun
Word origin
C16: from Latin ēvacuāre to void, from vacuus empty
Word Frequency
evacuate in American English
verb transitiveWord forms: eˈvacuˌated or eˈvacuˌating
1.
to make empty; remove the contents of; specif., to remove air from so as to make a vacuum
2.
to discharge (bodily waste, esp. feces)
verb intransitive
4.
to withdraw, as from a besieged town or area of danger
5.
to discharge bodily waste, esp. feces
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Derived forms
evacuative (eˈvacuˌative)
adjective
evacuator (eˈvacuˌator)
noun
Word origin
< L evacuatus, pp. of evacuare < e-, out + vacuare, to make empty < vacuus, empty
Word Frequency
evacuate in American English
(ɪˈvækjuːˌeit) (verb -ated, -ating)
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 1. empty, void, drain.1.
to leave empty; vacate
2.
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
3.
to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety
to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat
4. Military
7.
to produce a vacuum in
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evacuate
British English: evacuate
/ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ VERB
If people are evacuated from a place, they move out of it because it has become dangerous.
18,000 people have been evacuated from the area.
- American English: evacuate /ɪˈvækyueɪt/
- Arabic: يُخْلِي
- Brazilian Portuguese: evacuar
- Chinese: 疏散
- Croatian: evakuirati
- Czech: evakuovat
- Danish: evakuere
- Dutch: evacueren
- European Spanish: evacuar
- Finnish: evakuoida
- French: évacuer
- German: evakuieren
- Greek: εκκενώνω
- Italian: evacuare
- Japanese: 避難させる
- Korean: 피난시키다
- Norwegian: evakuere
- Polish: ewakuować
- European Portuguese: evacuar
- Romanian: a evacua
- Russian: эвакуировать
- Latin American Spanish: evacuar
- Swedish: evakuera
- Thai: อพยพ
- Turkish: boşaltmak bina
- Ukrainian: евакуювати
- Vietnamese: sơ tán
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