"evacuate" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-evacuate.wav Forms: evacuates [present, singular, third-person], evacuating [participle, present], evacuated [participle, past], evacuated [past]
Etymology: From Latin evacuare. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}, {{der|en|la|evacuare}} Latin evacuare Head templates: {{en-verb}} evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)
  1. (transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-evacuate-en-verb-loLlXsMh
  2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from. Translations (to cause to leave or withdraw from): جَلَا (jalā) (Arabic), أَخْلَى (ʔaḵlā) (Arabic), evakuere (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-evacuate-en-verb-ui2kv~7L Disambiguation of 'to cause to leave or withdraw from': 14 77 3 1 2 2
  3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum. Translations (to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum): فَرَّغَ (farraḡa) (Arabic), خَلَّى (ḵallā) (Arabic), изпра́звам (izprázvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), изпра́зня (izpráznja) [perfective] (Bulgarian), entleeren (German), folmhaigh (Irish), ēvacuō (Latin), evakuere (Norwegian Bokmål), опорожня́ть (oporožnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опорожни́ть (oporožnítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опустоша́ть (opustošátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опустоши́ть (opustošítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), испражња́вати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), испра́знити [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ispražnjávati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), isprázniti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian)
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to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum': 1 2 71 12 10 3
  4. (figurative) To make empty; to deprive. Tags: figuratively Translations (to make empty; to deprive): أَفْرَغَ (ʔafraḡa) (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-evacuate-en-verb-p8z1vPOs Disambiguation of 'to make empty; to deprive': 1 1 21 72 2 4
  5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
    Sense id: en-evacuate-en-verb-envOo2b6
  6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
    Sense id: en-evacuate-en-verb-anBSZTTq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ejaculate and evacuate, evacuative, evacuator, evacuatory, self-evacuate Related terms: evacuation [noun] Translations (to move out of an unsafe location into safety): evakuoj (Albanian), خلا (ḵalā) (Arabic), էվակուացնել (ēvakuacʻnel) (Armenian), köçürmək (Azerbaijani), эвакуі́раваць (evakuíravacʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Belarusian), евакуи́рам (evakuíram) [imperfective, perfective] (Bulgarian), evacuar (Catalan), 撤離 /撤离 (chèlí) (english: evacuating from a place) (Chinese Mandarin), 疏散 (shūsàn) (english: evacuating people) (Chinese Mandarin), 後送 /后送 (hòusòng) [military, war, government, politics] (Chinese Mandarin), evakuovat [imperfective, perfective] (Czech), evakuere (Danish), evacueren (Dutch), evakui (Esperanto), evakueeruma (Estonian), tyhjentää (Finnish), evakuoida (Finnish), évacuer (French), ევაკუირება (evaḳuireba) (Georgian), evakuieren (German), εκκενώνω (ekkenóno) (Greek), kiürít (Hungarian), evakuál (Hungarian), kitelepít (Hungarian), kimenekít (Hungarian), rýma (Icelandic), evacuare (Italian), 疎開する (sokai suru) (alt: そかいする) (Japanese), 避難する (hinan suru) (alt: ひなんする) (Japanese), эвакуациялау (évakuasiälau) (Kazakh), អពយព (ʼɑppyup) (Khmer), 비우다 (biuda) (Korean), ອົບພະຍົບ (ʼop pha nyop) (Lao), evakuēt (Latvian), evakuoti (Lithuanian), евакуи́ра (evakuíra) [imperfective, perfective] (Macedonian), whakatahi (Maori), evakuere (Norwegian Bokmål), ewakuować [imperfective, perfective] (Polish), evacuar (Portuguese), a evacua (Romanian), эвакуи́ровать (evakuírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), евакуи́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), евакуи́сати [Cyrillic, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), evakuírati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), evakuísati [Roman, imperfective, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), evakuovať [imperfective, perfective] (Slovak), evakuirati [imperfective, perfective] (Slovene), evacuar (Spanish), hamisha (Swahili), evakuera (Swedish), utrymma (Swedish), อพยพ (òp-pá-yóp) (Thai), евакуюва́ти (evakujuváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), di tản (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'to move out of an unsafe location into safety': 26 27 23 4 12 7

Inflected forms

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          "text": "it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuoj"
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      "roman": "ēvakuacʻnel",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "էվակուացնել"
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      "code": "az",
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      "word": "köçürmək"
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      "word": "эвакуі́раваць"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "evacuating from a place",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chèlí",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "撤離 /撤离"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūsàn",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "疏散"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
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      "roman": "hòusòng",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
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        "government",
        "politics"
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
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      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuere"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacueren"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakui"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakueeruma"
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      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "tyhjentää"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuoida"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "évacuer"
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      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "evaḳuireba",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "ევაკუირება"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuieren"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "ekkenóno",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "εκκενώνω"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kiürít"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuál"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kitelepít"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kimenekít"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "rýma"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "alt": "そかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokai suru",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "疎開する"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "alt": "ひなんする",
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "hinan suru",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "避難する"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "évakuasiälau",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "эвакуациялау"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "km",
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      "roman": "ʼɑppyup",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "អពយព"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "biuda",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "비우다"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "lo",
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      "roman": "ʼop pha nyop",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "ອົບພະຍົບ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuēt"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "evakuíra",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "whakatahi"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "nb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuar"
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      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "a evacua"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evakuírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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      "word": "эвакуи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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      "word": "евакуи́рати"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sh",
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        "perfective"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "evakuísati"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "evakuovať"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuirati"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "hamisha"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuera"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "utrymma"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "th",
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      "roman": "òp-pá-yóp",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "อพยพ"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "evakujuváty",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "евакуюва́ти"
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    {
      "_dis1": "26 27 23 4 12 7",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "di tản"
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    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Vietnamese translations"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ejaculate and evacuate"
    },
    {
      "word": "evacuative"
    },
    {
      "word": "evacuator"
    },
    {
      "word": "evacuatory"
    },
    {
      "word": "self-evacuate"
    }
  ],
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ceb",
            "2": "bakwit",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Cebuano: bakwit\n→ English: bakwit",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Cebuano: bakwit\n→ English: bakwit"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tl",
            "2": "ebak",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Tagalog: ebak",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Tagalog: ebak"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "evacuare"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin evacuare",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin evacuare.",
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    {
      "form": "evacuates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evacuating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evacuated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evacuated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "evacuation"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "the soldiers evacuated the fortress",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1757, Edmund Burke, The Abridgement of the History of England:",
          "text": "The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ],
        [
          "quit",
          "quit"
        ],
        [
          "retire",
          "retire"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1943 November and December, G. T. Porter, “The Lines Behind the Lines in Burma”, in Railway Magazine, page 327:",
          "text": "Early the next morning I set off on the long and hazardous trek through jungles and hills into Assam, and regretfully said \"good-bye\" to the gallant little Burma Railways, which had functioned to the last and played a big part in evacuating many thousands of refugees and wounded soldiers in the path of the rapidly advancing Japanese.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leave",
          "leave"
        ],
        [
          "withdraw",
          "withdraw"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "empty out",
          "empty out"
        ],
        [
          "vacuum",
          "vacuum"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection:",
          "text": "Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make empty; to deprive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "deprive",
          "deprive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To make empty; to deprive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1822, John Barclay, chapter I, in An Inquiry Into the Opinions, Ancient and Modern, Concerning Life and Organization, Edinburgh, London: Bell & Bradfute; Waugh & Innes; G. & W. B. Whittaker, section I, page 1:",
          "text": "In the living state, the body is observed to receive aliment; to assimilate a part; to evacuate what is redundant or useless; [...]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
        ],
        [
          "eject",
          "eject"
        ],
        [
          "void",
          "void"
        ],
        [
          "discharge",
          "discharge"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
        ],
        [
          "bowel",
          "bowel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to evacuate a contract or marriage",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1622, Francis, Lord Verulam, Viscount St. Alban [i.e. Francis Bacon], The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh, […], London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Matthew Lownes, and William Barret, →OCLC:",
          "text": "it would not evacuate a marriage after cohabitation and actual consummation",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make void; to nullify; to vacate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nullify",
          "nullify"
        ],
        [
          "vacate",
          "vacate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuoj"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵalā",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "خلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ēvakuacʻnel",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "էվակուացնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "köçürmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "evakuíravacʹ",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "эвакуі́раваць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "evakuíram",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "евакуи́рам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "evacuating from a place",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chèlí",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "撤離 /撤离"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "evacuating people",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shūsàn",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "疏散"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòusòng",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "topics": [
        "military",
        "war",
        "government",
        "politics"
      ],
      "word": "後送 /后送"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacueren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakui"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakueeruma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "tyhjentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuoida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "évacuer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "evaḳuireba",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "ევაკუირება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekkenóno",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "εκκενώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kiürít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kitelepít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "kimenekít"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "rýma"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そかいする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sokai suru",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "疎開する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひなんする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hinan suru",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "避難する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "évakuasiälau",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "эвакуациялау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼɑppyup",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "អពយព"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "biuda",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "비우다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼop pha nyop",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "ອົບພະຍົບ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuoti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "evakuíra",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "евакуи́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "whakatahi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ewakuować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "a evacua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "evakuírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "эвакуи́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "евакуи́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "евакуи́сати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuírati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuísati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "evakuirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evacuar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "hamisha"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "evakuera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "utrymma"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "òp-pá-yóp",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "อพยพ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "evakujuváty",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "евакуюва́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
      "word": "di tản"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jalā",
      "sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
      "word": "جَلَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaḵlā",
      "sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
      "word": "أَخْلَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
      "word": "evakuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "farraḡa",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "فَرَّغَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḵallā",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "خَلَّى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izprázvam",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изпра́звам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpráznja",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изпра́зня"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "entleeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "folmhaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "ēvacuō"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "word": "evakuere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oporožnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опорожня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oporožnítʹ",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опорожни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošátʹ",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опустоша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opustošítʹ",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опустоши́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "испражња́вати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "испра́знити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ispražnjávati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "isprázniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔafraḡa",
      "sense": "to make empty; to deprive",
      "word": "أَفْرَغَ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evacuate"
}

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