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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•vac•u•ate /ɪˈvækyuˌeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -at•ed, -at•ing. - to remove (persons or things) from a place, esp. for reasons of safety:evacuated the people from the flooded village.
e•vac•u•a•tion /ɪˌvækyuˈeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable* uncountable]See -vac-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•vac•u•ate (i vak′yo̅o̅ āt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing. v.t. - to leave empty;
vacate. - 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.
- to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety:to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat.
- Military
- to remove (troops, wounded soldiers, civilians, etc.) from a war zone, combat area, etc.
- to withdraw from or quit (a town, fort, etc., that has been occupied).
- Physiologyto discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels.
- to deprive:Fear evacuated their minds of reason.
- Physicsto produce a vacuum in.
v.i. - to leave a place because of military or other threats.
- to void;
defecate.
- Latin ēvacuātus (past participle of ēvacuāre to empty out, equivalent. to ē- e- + vacuāre to empty); see vacuum, -ate1
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged empty, void, drain.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: evacuate /ɪˈvækjʊˌeɪt/ vb (mainly tr)- (also intr) to withdraw or cause to withdraw from (a place of danger) to a place of greater safety
- to make empty by removing the contents of
- (also intr) to eliminate or excrete (faeces); defecate
- to discharge (any waste product) from (a part of the body)
- (transitive) to create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc)
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin ēvacuāre to void, from vacuus emptyeˌvacuˈation n eˈvacuative adj eˈvacuˌator n |