Definitions for evacuates

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evacuates e·vac·u·ate

Spelling: [ih-vak-yoo-eyt]

IPA: /ɪˈvæk yuˌeɪt/

Evacuates is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 259 anagrams from letters in evacuates (aaceestuv).

Definitions for evacuates

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 evacuates

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 evacuates

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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