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Evacuate
/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
📖 Definitions of "Evacuate"
verb
- 1
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
"The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached."
- 2
To cause to leave or withdraw from.
"The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street."
- 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
To make empty; to deprive.
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