Evacuate

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evacuated}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Evacuating}.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
     empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
     {Vacate}.]
     1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
        as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.


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     2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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              Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
              meaning.                              --Coleridge.
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     3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
        contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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     4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
        from a country, city, or fortress.
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              The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
                                                    --Burke.
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     5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
        contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. i.
     1. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton.
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     2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  evacuate
       v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the
            earthquake, residents were evacuated"
       2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"
       3: move people from their homes or country
       4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel, etc.)
          [syn: {exhaust}]
       5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {void}, {empty}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  88 Moby Thesaurus words for "evacuate":
     abandon, abscond, back out, beat a retreat, beg off, blow,
     blow out, bow out, breathe out, ca-ca, clean out, clear,
     clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, cry off,
     defecate, depart from, deplete, deprive, desert, disappear,
     discard, discharge, divest, drain, drop out, dung, eliminate, emit,
     empty, empty out, exhale, exhaust, expire, forsake, fume,
     get rid of, give off, give out, give vent to, go back on, jettison,
     jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, let out, maroon, move,
     number two, open the floodgates, open the sluices, puff, pull out,
     purge, quit, quit cold, reek, relinquish, relocate, remove, renege,
     retire, retreat, say goodbye to, scour out, shit, smoke,
     stand down, steam, stool, sweep out, take a shit, take leave of,
     throw off, throw over, unclog, unfoul, vacate, vanish, vapor, vent,
     void, withdraw, withdraw from