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Evacuate
ɪˈvakjʊeɪt
Evacuate definitions
verb
evacuate
evacuated
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evacuating
- remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place
"several families were evacuated from their homes"
remove clear move out shift take away turn out expel evict clear ask/force people to leave make people leave make people get out empty depopulate- leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger)
"fire alarms forced staff to evacuate the building"
- (of troops) withdraw from (a place)
"the last British troops evacuated the Canal Zone"
- remove air, water, or other contents from (a container)
"when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond"
- empty (the bowels or another bodily organ)
"patients evacuated their bowels before dialysis"
- discharge (faeces or other matter) from the body
"the bowel functions to evacuate solid waste products"