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Remove troops from a combat zone
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evacuate
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evacuate \E*vac"u*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Evacuated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Evacuating .] [l. evacuatus, p. p. of evacuare to empty, nullify; e out + vacuus empty, vacare to be empty. See Vacate .] To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1520s (trans.), from Latin evacuatus , past participle of evacuare "to empty, make void, nullify," used by Pliny in reference to the bowels, used figuratively in Late Latin for "clear out;" from assimilated form of ex- "out" (see ex- ) + vacuus "empty" ...
Usage examples of evacuate.
He may have thought I was just as involved in the plan to evacuate our people to the Abesse as Mother was.
We wondered for a long while why Kadra was so adamant about evacuating Tenua to the Abesse and sending her people straight into Volan hands.
The plan to evacuate the Tenuans to the Abesse was no longer the best of options.
He could see Bamaputra and Antal scrambling to destroy incriminating records as they called frantically for a ship to evacuate the installation.
In the course of this summer the two powers concluded a convention, in consequence of which the troops of Hanover evacuated Mecklenburgh, and three regiments of Brandenburgh took possession of those bailiwicks that were mortgaged to the king of Prussia.
But it must have been obvious to the senior officers concerned that the German civilians were to be bombed, their homes and belongings destroyed, and, if they were not evacuated or given adequate air-raid shelters, they would be killed, burnt and mutilated in large numbers.
After the danger of the boson became evident, the house, then the surrounding houses, then a good part of the town, had been evacuated.
He would naturally think twice before he gave an emetic or cathartic which evacuated his own pocket, and be sparing of the cholagogues that emptied the biliary ducts of his own wallet, unless he were sure they were needed.
The druggers had evacuated well before the raiders arrived, but they could have blown their base any time they wanted to.
Plans were being made to evacuate all of the dome outside the edenite safety armor.
The whole Fleet Base was evacuated to higher levels, beyond the edenite shield.
ADAM KADMON, the Primal or First Man, is the first Aziluthic emanant from the Infinite Light, immitted into the evacuated Space, and from which, afterward, all the other degrees and systems had their beginnings.
In addition, Morgan Stanley, which occupied more than 20 floors of the South Tower, evacuated its employees by the decision of company security officials.
WTC does not definitively indicate where that individual died that morning or whether he or she could have evacuated, these data strongly suggest that the evacuation was a success for civilians below the impact zone.
FDNY ordered both towers fully evacuated by 8:57,but this guidance was not conveyed to 911 operators and FDNY dispatchers, who for the next hour often continued to advise civilians not to self-evacuate, regardless of whether they were above or below the impact zones.