evacuate, void, empty
(verb) excrete or discharge from the body
evacuate
(verb) empty completely; “evacuate the bottle”
evacuate
(verb) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)
evacuate
(verb) move out of an unsafe location into safety; “After the earthquake, residents were evacuated”
evacuate
(verb) move people from their homes or country
Source: WordNet® 3.1
evacuate (third-person singular simple present evacuates, present participle evacuating, simple past and past participle evacuated)
(transitive) To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from
To cause to leave or withdraw from.
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
(figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
Source: Wiktionary
E*vac"u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated; p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating.] Etym: [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate.]
1. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
2. Fig.: To make empty; to deprive. [R.] Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning. Coleriage.
3. To remove; to eject; to void; o discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
4. To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress. The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country. Burke.
5. To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage. [Obs.] Bacon.
E*vac"u*ate, v. i.
Definition: To let blood [Obs.] Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 May 2025
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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
