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"word": "self-evacuate"
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"text": "→ Cebuano: bakwit\n→ English: bakwit"
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"2": "ebak",
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"3": "evacuare"
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"etymology_text": "From Latin evacuare.",
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"form": "evacuates",
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"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "evacuating",
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"pos": "verb",
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"tags": [
"noun"
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"word": "evacuation"
}
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"categories": [],
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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": "quotation"
}
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"glosses": [
"To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from"
],
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"leave",
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],
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"withdraw",
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],
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"quit",
"quit"
],
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"retire",
"retire"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [],
"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.",
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"To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from."
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"leave",
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],
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"withdraw",
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "15 76 3 1 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jalā",
"sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
"word": "جَلَا"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 76 3 1 3 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔaḵlā",
"sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
"word": "أَخْلَى"
},
{
"_dis1": "15 76 3 1 3 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to cause to leave or withdraw from",
"word": "evakuere"
}
]
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"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."
],
"id": "en-evacuate-en-verb-4AEuwQ61",
"links": [
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"empty",
"empty"
],
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"empty out",
"empty out"
],
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"vacuum",
"vacuum"
]
],
"translations": [
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ḵallā",
"sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
"word": "خَلَّى"
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
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"word": "изпра́звам"
},
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"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"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
"word": "entleeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
"word": "folmhaigh"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
"word": "ēvacuō"
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum",
"word": "evakuere"
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
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"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 2 72 12 10 3",
"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"
}
]
},
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{
"ref": "1825, James Marsh, Preliminary Essay to Aids to Reflection",
"text": "Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important doctrines.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make empty; to deprive."
],
"id": "en-evacuate-en-verb-p8z1vPOs",
"links": [
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"deprive",
"deprive"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figurative) To make empty; to deprive."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 21 73 1 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔafraḡa",
"sense": "to make empty; to deprive",
"word": "أَفْرَغَ"
}
]
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"examples": [
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"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": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels."
],
"id": "en-evacuate-en-verb-envOo2b6",
"links": [
[
"remove",
"remove"
],
[
"eject",
"eject"
],
[
"void",
"void"
],
[
"discharge",
"discharge"
],
[
"vessel",
"vessel"
],
[
"bowel",
"bowel"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "to evacuate a contract or marriage",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To make void; to nullify; to vacate."
],
"id": "en-evacuate-en-verb-anBSZTTq",
"links": [
[
"nullify",
"nullify"
],
[
"vacate",
"vacate"
]
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/"
},
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuoj"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵalā",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "خلا"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ēvakuacʻnel",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "էվակուացնել"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "köçürmək"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "evakuíravacʹ",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "эвакуі́раваць"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "evakuíram",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "евакуи́рам"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evacuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "evacuating from a place",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "撤離"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chèlí",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "撤离"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "evacuating people",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shūsàn",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "疏散"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"topics": [
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "後送"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hòusòng",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "后送"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "evakuovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuere"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evacueren"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakui"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakueeruma"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "tyhjentää"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "évacuer"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "evaḳuireba",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "ევაკუირება"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuieren"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ekkenóno",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "εκκενώνω"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "kiürít"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuál"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "kitelepít"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "kimenekít"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "rýma"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evacuare"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"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"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "évakuasiälau",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "эвакуациялау"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼɑppyup",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "អពយព"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "biuda",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "비우다"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "ʼop pha nyop",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "ອົບພະຍົບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuoti"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "evakuíra",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "евакуи́ра"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "whakatahi"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evakuere"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "ewakuować"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "evacuar"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "a evacua"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "evakuírovatʹ",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "эвакуи́ровать"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "евакуи́рати"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "евакуи́сати"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "evakuírati"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective",
"perfective"
],
"word": "evakuísati"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
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"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
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"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
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"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
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"_dis1": "28 29 22 5 10 8",
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"word": "อพยพ"
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"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "di tản"
}
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{
"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",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "撤離"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chèlí",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "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",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"topics": [
"military",
"war",
"government",
"politics"
],
"word": "後送"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "hòusòng",
"sense": "to move out of an unsafe location into safety",
"word": "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": [
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],
"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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