[ɪˈvakjʊeɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place
(e.g: several families were evacuated from their homes)

- remove air, water, or other contents from (a container)
(e.g: when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘clear the contents of’): from Latin evacuat- ‘(of the bowels) emptied’, from the verb evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out of’ + vacuus ‘empty’