evacuate
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
Example
“The soldiers evacuated the fortress.”
Other meanings
To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
“The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.”
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
“The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.”
Related words
- evacuative
- evacuator
- evacuatory
- ejaculate and evacuate
- self-evacuate
Word history
From Latin "ēvacuātus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “evacuate” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.