evacuate
evacuate
Definition
evacu·ate (ē vak′yo̵̅o̅ āt′, i-)
transitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing
- to make empty; remove the contents of; specif., to remove air from so as to make a vacuum
- to discharge (bodily waste, esp. feces)
- to remove (inhabitants, etc.) from (a place or area), as for protective purposes
- to give up military occupation of; withdraw from
Etymology: < L evacuatus, pp. of evacuare < e-, out + vacuare, to make empty < vacuus, empty
intransitive verb
- to withdraw, as from a besieged town or area of danger
- to discharge bodily waste, esp. feces
evac′u·a′tive adjective
evac′u·a′tor noun
evacuate
Synonyms
evacuate
v.
evacuate
Usage Examples
Object
- casualty: Each team normally have an ambulance located on site to evacuate a casualty.
- tube: In the evacuated tube type the absorber strip is located in an evacuated glass tube.
- bowel: This is why the urge to evacuate the bowel commonly occurs following a meal.
- troop: The 13,000 miguelite troops evacuated, however, Pedro was soon besieged himself.
- thousand: Organizers at Down Royal halted the event after police evacuated thousands of people from the course in Hillsborough, Co Down.
Subject
- stretcher: He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher.
- helicopter: He was evacuated by helicopter to South Tyneside Hospital.
- ambulance: The diver was evacuated by air ambulance to Aberdeen.
Modifying Another Word
- forcibly: In 1955, the Alabama state government forcibly evacuated the town to make way for a dam.
- safely: The main task for the British forces was to help evacuate safely the hundreds of British citizens who risked being trapped in Sierra Leone.
- temporarily: The station was evacuated temporarily on 5 Dec 1967 after volcanic eruptions.
- immediately: I went out, saw a red glow and immediately evacuated the pub.
- quickly: Water could be seen pouring in and ceiling tiles falling, but the floor was evacuated quickly and nobody was hurt.
- eventually: We soon stopped and were eventually evacuated in the opposite direction.
Used with why or when
- when: On hearing a bell ringing intermittently occupants should get ready to evacuate, and must evacuate immediately when the alarm rings continuously ] .
Preposition: in
- emergency: A team of explorers on a research mission are forced to evacuate in emergency, leaving their beloved dogs behind.
Preposition: by
- stretcher: He was treated by team members and evacuated by stretcher.
- helicopter: He was evacuated by helicopter to South Tyneside Hospital.
- ambulance: The diver was evacuated by air ambulance to Aberdeen.
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