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evacuate

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verb/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
  1. 1

    To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.transitive

    • The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
    • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  2. 2

    To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.

    • The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
  3. 3

    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.
  4. 4

    To make empty; to deprive.figuratively

    • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.
  5. 5

    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; [...]
  6. 6

    To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

    • to evacuate a contract or marriage

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