"devacuate" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: devacuates [present, singular, third-person], devacuating [participle, present], devacuated [participle, past], devacuated [past]
Etymology: de- + vacuate Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|vacuate}} de- + vacuate Head templates: {{en-verb}} devacuate (third-person singular simple present devacuates, present participle devacuating, simple past and past participle devacuated)
  1. To (cause to) cease to be a vacuum.
    Sense id: en-devacuate-en-verb-r5~dXKb~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-

Inflected forms

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