evacuate
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evacuate
- /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
Where it comes from
First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
verb evacuates · evacuating · evacuated
- To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from. The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
- 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.
- To make empty; to deprive. 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 bladder or the bowels (to stool). In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate. to evacuate a contract or marriage
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: eliminate, exhaust, empty, void, exit, vacate, evac, evacuation, egress, evict, leave, escape, dispose, eviction, removal, release
Translations
Every language
verb to move out of an unsafe location into safety
| Español | evacuar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비우다 biuda |
| 日本語 | 疎開する sokai suru, 避難する hinan suru |
| 中文 | 撤離 /撤离 chèlí, 疏散 shūsàn, 後送 /后送 hòusòng |
| Kiswahili | hamisha |
| Português | evacuar |
| Français | évacuer |
| Deutsch | evakuieren |
| Italiano | evacuare |
| Ελληνικά | εκκενώνω ekkenóno |
| Română | a evacua |
| Русский | эвакуи́ровать evakuírovatʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | di tản |
| العربية | خلا ḵalā |
verb to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum
| Deutsch | entleeren |
|---|---|
| Русский | опорожня́ть oporožnjátʹ, опорожни́ть oporožnítʹ, опустоша́ть opustošátʹ, опустоши́ть opustošítʹ |
| العربية | فَرَّغَ farraḡa, خَلَّى ḵallā |
verb to make empty; to deprive
| العربية | أَفْرَغَ ʔafraḡa |
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Talk about this word "evacuate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/evacuate. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. evacuate. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/evacuate "evacuate." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/evacuate.Cite this
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title = {evacuate},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/evacuate},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
