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