evacuate

(verb)

verb

1. move out of an unsafe location into safety

- After the earthquake, residents were evacuated

Definition categories: motion, move

2. empty completely

- evacuate the bottle

Definition categories: change, empty

3. move people from their homes or country

Definition categories: motion, displace

4. create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)

Definition categories: change, empty

5. excrete or discharge from the body

Similar word(s): empty, void

Definition categories: body, egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

Sentences with evacuate as a verb:

- The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.

- The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.