LekhoriLekhoriTo leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
The firefighters decided to evacuate all the inhabitants from the street.
To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.