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- pronunciation:
- ih
vaek
yu
eIt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
evacuates, evacuating, evacuated |
| definition 1: |
to remove (citizens, soldiers, or the like) from a place, esp. one considered unsafe.
The police are evacuating residents from the flood area.- synonyms:
- clear out, remove
- similar words:
- desolate, dismiss, eject, evict, oust, void
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| definition 2: |
to leave, or remove citizens, soldiers, or the like from (a place), esp. for safety.
The area was evacuated before the attack.- synonyms:
- leave, withdraw from
- similar words:
- desolate, empty, purge, quit, vacate
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| definition 3: |
to discharge the contents of (one's bowel or bladder); empty.
- synonyms:
- empty, void
- similar words:
- discharge, eliminate, excrete, expel, move, unload, urinate
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| related words: |
clear, exhaust |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to leave a place or remove others from it, usu. because of danger.
- synonyms:
- retire, retreat, vacate, withdraw
- similar words:
- depart, desert, forsake, leave
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| definition 2: |
to excrete urine or feces.
- similar words:
- defecate, purge, shit, urinate
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| related words: |
empty, remove, vacate |
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| derivation: |
evacuator (n.) |
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