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

1. transitive verb. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
2. transitive verb. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
3. transitive verb. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
4. transitive verb. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
5. transitive verb. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.
6. intransitive verb. To let blood
7. verb. excrete or discharge from the body

   Synonyms: empty, void

8. verb. empty completely

   "evacuate the bottle"

9. verb. create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
10. verb. move out of an unsafe location into safety

    "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated"

11. verb. move people from their homes or country

Synonyms

empty, void

Common word forms

evacuated, evacuates, evacuating

Words from these letters

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