Definitions for evacuate

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evacuate e·vac·u·ate

Spelling: [ih-vak-yoo-eyt]

IPA: /ɪˈvæk yuˌeɪt/

Evacuate is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in evacuate (aaceetuv).

Definitions for evacuate

verb (used with object)

1. to leave empty; vacate. Synonyms: empty, void, drain.
2. to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection:
3. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety:
4. 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).
5. Physiology. to discharge or eject as through the excretory passages, especially from the bowels.
6. to deprive:
7. to produce a vacuum in.

verb (used without object)

1. to leave a place because of military or other threats.
2. to void; defecate.

Origin of evacuate

1350-1400; Middle English Latin ēvacuātus (past participle of ēvacuāre to empty out, equivalent to ē- e-¹ + vacuāre to empty); see vacu

Examples for evacuate

Remember, Dr. Harris, we've got to evacuate the city first of all!

On the other hand, they were forced to evacuate some of their positions east of Kiselin.

It'll take all of forty minutes to evacuate, and the Mercutians may be on us by then.

The despatch reached the French just as they were preparing to evacuate Cairo.

Earlier this month, the friendliest of them, 31-year-old Denis, told us they were given very short notice to evacuate Sloviansk.

On November 11, 1914, the Serbians were compelled to evacuate this city.

There is no plan as of yet to evacuate Dr. Brantly to a Western facility, Isaacs said.

De Merode was ordered to evacuate the national park he served at the time.

But where do you evacuate to, when the world is about to end?

He was helping to evacuate people from the stricken North Tower when the second plane hit.