evacuate

Meaning of evacuate

verb
  1. remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place.
    several families were evacuated from their homes
  2. remove air, water, or other contents from (a container).
    when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond

late Middle English (in the sense ‘clear the contents of’): from Latin evacuat- ‘(of the bowels) emptied’, from the verb evacuare, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.

Information about evacuate

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of evacuate is: evacuates.
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Hyphenation of evacuate

evac-u-ate

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • evacuate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

evacuate synonyms

Meaning exhaust:

exhaust

Meaning void:

void, empty

Meaning take (something) away or off from the position occupied:

remove

Meaning cause people to leave (a building or place):

clear

Meaning move or cause to move from one place to another, especially over a small distance:

shift

Meaning force out (something), especially from the body:

expel

Meaning expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law:

evict

Meaning substantially reduce the population of (an area):

depopulate

Meaning dramatically reduce the population of an area; depopulate:

unpeople

Translation of evacuate

Words that rhyme with evacuate

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