Dictionary Entry
evacuate
evacuate is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
- 2transitive verb
Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
- 3transitive verb
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
- 4transitive verb
To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
- 5transitive verb
To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.
- 6intransitive verb
To let blood
- 7verb
excrete or discharge from the body
- 8verb
empty completely
"evacuate the bottle"
- 9verb
create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
- 10verb
move out of an unsafe location into safety
"After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"
- 11verb
move people from their homes or country
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