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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
evacuate /ɪˈvakjʊeɪt/
▶verb
- 1 remove from a place of danger to a safer place.
■ leave (a dangerous place).
■ (of troops) withdraw from (a place).
- 2 technical remove air, water, or other contents from (a container).
■ empty (the bowels or another bodily organ).
– derivatives
evacuation noun.
evacuation noun.
– origin ME: from L. evacuat-, evacuare, from e- (var. of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’.
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