EVACUATE

evacuate

Verb

  1. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
    The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  2. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
    The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
  3. To make empty; to deprive.
  4. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
  5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
    to evacuate a contract or marriage


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