Evacuate

Origin

From Latin evacuare.

Full definition of 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.
• BurkeThe Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
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. (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
• ColeridgeEvacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning.
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

Related terms

• evacuation noun