Associations to the word «Evacuate»

Wiktionary

EVACUATE, verb. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
EVACUATE, verb. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
EVACUATE, verb. (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
EVACUATE, verb. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
EVACUATE, verb. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

Dictionary definition

EVACUATE, verb. Move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated".
EVACUATE, verb. Empty completely; "evacuate the bottle".
EVACUATE, verb. Move people from their homes or country.
EVACUATE, verb. Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel).
EVACUATE, verb. Excrete or discharge from the body.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis