evacuate

Definitions

1. verb

   To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.

   Examples

   • The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
   • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
2. verb

   To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.

   Example

   • The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
3. verb

   To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.

   Example

   • The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
4. verb

   To make empty; to deprive.

   Example

   • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.
5. verb

   To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).

   Example

   • In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]
6. verb

   To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

   Examples

   • to evacuate a contract or marriage
   • it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation