evacuate Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb move out of an unsafe location into safety
- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated
verb empty completely
- evacuate the bottle
verb move people from their homes or country
verb create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
verb excrete or discharge from the body
void; empty.

l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.

imperfect & past participle Evacuated ; present participle & verbal noun Evacuating

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. R.
Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.
To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. Obs. Bacon.