evacuate
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin evacuare.
Pronunciation- IPA: /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
evacuate (evacuates, present participle evacuating; simple past and past participle evacuated)
- (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
- the soldiers evacuated the fortress
- The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
- 1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:
- The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
- To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
- The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
- To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
- The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
- (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
- 1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection:
- Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.
- To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
- to evacuate a contract or marriage
- 1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC ↗:
- it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation
- French: évacuer
- German: evakuieren
- Italian: evacuare
- Portuguese: evacuar
- Russian: эвакуи́ровать
- Spanish: evacuar
- German: entleeren
- Russian: опорожня́ть
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