What does evacuate mean?
Definitions for evacuate
ɪˈvæk yuˌeɪtevac·u·ate
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word evacuate.
Princeton's WordNet
evacuate(verb)
move out of an unsafe location into safety
"After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"
evacuate(verb)
empty completely
"evacuate the bottle"
evacuate(verb)
move people from their homes or country
evacuate(verb)
create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
evacuate, void, empty(verb)
excrete or discharge from the body
GCIDE
Evacuate(v. i.)
to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.
Wiktionary
evacuate(Verb)
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
The firefighters told everyone to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
Etymology: From evacuare.
evacuate(Verb)
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
Etymology: From evacuare.
evacuate(Verb)
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
Etymology: From evacuare.
Webster Dictionary
Evacuate(verb)
to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Evacuate(verb)
fig.: To make empty; to deprive
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Evacuate(verb)
to remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Evacuate(verb)
to withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Evacuate(verb)
to make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Evacuate(verb)
to let blood
Etymology: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
Freebase
Evacuate
Evacuate is the third album released by British punk rock band Chelsea. Originally released in 1982 by Step Forward, it was re-issued in 2008 by Captain Oi!
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Evacuate
e-vak′ū-āt, v.t. to throw out the contents of: to discharge: to withdraw from.—adj. Evac′uant, purgative.—n. Evacuā′tion, act of emptying out: a withdrawing from: that which is discharged.—adj. Evac′uātive.—n. Evac′uātor, one who evacuates: (law) one who nullifies or makes void. [L. e, out, vacuāre, -ātum, to empty—vacuus, empty.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
evacuate
To withdraw from a town or fortress, in virtue of a treaty or capitulation; or in compliance with superior orders.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
evacuate
To withdraw from a town or fortress, in consequence either of a treaty or a capitulation, or of superior orders.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of evacuate in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of evacuate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of evacuate in a Sentence
We got up this morning, and then mama, she was like,' We got to evacuate,' so we started packing our clothes, and now we're here( in Austin).
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today, is simply giving a base for attacks to radical Islam.
We tried to save many things, but the water just carried them away, we didn't evacuate because we thought the hurricane was going to hit elsewhere.
Imagine what would happen if you can’t evacuate your bowel or bladder effectively. If you can change that, you’re really changing the course and nature of these folks’ lives in a really profound way.
The assailants killed women, men and children, it wasn't possible to evacuate all the bodies today because we had to wait for an escort from the army.
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- جلا عنArabic
- евакуирамBulgarian
- evakuovatCzech
- evakuereDanish
- annullieren, entleeren, evakuierenGerman
- εκκενώσειGreek
- evakuiEsperanto
- evacuarSpanish
- tyhjentääFinnish
- évacuerFrench
- evacuareItalian
- 避難Japanese
- 비우다Korean
- whakatahiMāori
- evacuerenDutch
- evacuarPortuguese
- эвакуироватьRussian
- isprázniti, evakuíratiSerbo-Croatian
- evakueraSwedish
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