English verb: evacuate | |||
1. | evacuate (motion) move out of an unsafe location into safety | ||
Samples | After the earthquake, residents were evacuated. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
2. | evacuate (change) empty completely | ||
Samples | Evacuate the bottle. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | empty | ||
3. | evacuate (motion) move people from their homes or country | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | displace | ||
Cause | move | ||
4. | evacuate (change) create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel) | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | empty | ||
5. | evacuate (body) excrete or discharge from the body | ||
Synonyms | empty, void | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | egest, eliminate, excrete, pass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | suction | ||