Evacuate

evacuate
    v 1: move out of an unsafe location into safety; "After the
         earthquake, residents were evacuated"
    2: empty completely; "evacuate the bottle"
    3: move people from their homes or country
    4: create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
    5: excrete or discharge from the body [syn: {evacuate}, {void},
       {empty}]
    

Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Evacuated}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Evacuating}.] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to
   empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See
   {Vacate}.]
   1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of;
      as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
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   2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.]
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            Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important
            meaning.                              --Coleridge.
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   3. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the
      contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
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   4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers
      from a country, city, or fortress.
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            The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
                                                  --Burke.
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   5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a
      contract or marriage. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. i.
   1. To let blood [Obs.] --Burton.
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   2. to expel stool from the bowels; to defecate.
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88 Moby Thesaurus words for "evacuate":
      abandon, abscond, back out, beat a retreat, beg off, blow,
      blow out, bow out, breathe out, ca-ca, clean out, clear,
      clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, crap, cry off,
      defecate, depart from, deplete, deprive, desert, disappear,
      discard, discharge, divest, drain, drop out, dung, eliminate, emit,
      empty, empty out, exhale, exhaust, expire, forsake, fume,
      get rid of, give off, give out, give vent to, go back on, jettison,
      jilt, leave, leave behind, leave flat, let out, maroon, move,
      number two, open the floodgates, open the sluices, puff, pull out,
      purge, quit, quit cold, reek, relinquish, relocate, remove, renege,
      retire, retreat, say goodbye to, scour out, shit, smoke,
      stand down, steam, stool, sweep out, take a shit, take leave of,
      throw off, throw over, unclog, unfoul, vacate, vanish, vapor, vent,
      void, withdraw, withdraw from