Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Evacuate has 6 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
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)
5
excrete or discharge from the body
6
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
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