/
ɪˈvakjʊeɪt/
v.
- remove from a place of danger to a safer place.
▸leave (a dangerous place).
▸(of troops) withdraw from (a place).
- technical remove air, water, or other contents from (a container).
▸empty (the bowels or another bodily organ).
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from L. evacuat-, evacuare, from e- (var. of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.