evacuate (v.)

  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

    [ Syn: void , empty ]

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