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/ɪvˈækjəˌeɪt/ /ivˈækjəˌeɪt/ Listen

verb

Evacuate v. t. (past & past part. evacuated; pres. part. evacuating)

1.

To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.

2.

Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. (R.) "Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning."

3.

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

4.

To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. "The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country."

5.

To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. (Obs.)

Evacuate v. i.

1.

To let blood (Obs.)

2.

To expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.

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"Evacuate" Quotes from Famous Books

... must have proved fatal. A general disturbance would have taken place had not I and several other Europeans come up at the same moment and pacified Miago, whilst Bennyyowlee took advantage of this temporary calm to evacuate the field, followed by insulting shouts of ...

— Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2) • George Grey

... against them. He had long been convinced that the true line of operations was up the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. Once these rivers were held by the Union troops, the Confederates would be forced to evacuate Kentucky altogether. But General Halleck opposed ...

— Letters of Ulysses S. Grant to His Father and His Youngest Sister, - 1857-78 • Ulysses S. Grant

... cantonments and the destruction of the British force were inevitable; but, he continued, that it was not the wish of the chiefs to proceed to such extremities, their sole desire being that our people should quietly evacuate the country, leaving the Afghan sirdars to govern it according to their own customs, and with a king of their own choosing. In communicating this letter to General Elphinstone, Sir William asked for the latter's opinion on the military ...

— The Afghan Wars 1839-42 and 1878-80 • Archibald Forbes

... hated to disturb us. He came past us three times, and each time asked us very nicely to go home. Next time he repeated his request, and as he said he would look on our doing so in the light of a personal favour to himself, we agreed to evacuate the bank at last. ...

— A Tramp's Notebook • Morley Roberts

... doubts, the watchfulness, the listening for every sound of coming hoofs. Presently a horse's tread was heard in earnest, but it was a squad of our own men bringing in two captured cavalry soldiers. One of these, a sturdy fellow, submitted quietly to his lot, only begging that, whenever we should evacuate the bluff, a note should be left behind stating that he was a prisoner. The other, a very young man, and a member of the "Rebel Troop," a sort of Cadet corps among the Charleston youths, came to me in great wrath, complaining that the corporal of our squad had kicked ...

— Army Life in a Black Regiment • Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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