evacuate
/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ verb B2- 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.
- 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.
- To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
- To make void; to nullify; to vacate. · to evacuate a contract or marriage
He/she/it evacuates · Past evacuated · Past participle evacuated · -ing form evacuating
Verb forms
- Base form
- evacuate
- He/she/it
- evacuates
- Past
- evacuated
- Past participle
- evacuated
- -ing form
- evacuating
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It seems that in view of the approaching battle all these poor creatures had been evacuated the day before.
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