transitive verb evacuated, evacuating
- 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
Origin:
< L evacuatus, pp. of evacuare < e-, out + vacuare, to make empty < vacuus, empty