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EVACUATE

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Excrete or discharge from the body

Synonyms:

empty; evacuate; void

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "evacuate" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "evacuate"):

suction (empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

evacuant (strongly laxative)

evacuation (the act of removing the contents of something)

evacuation (the bodily process of discharging waste matter)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Empty completely

Example:

evacuate the bottle

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evacuate" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

evacuation (the act of removing the contents of something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel)

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "evacuate" is one way to...):

empty (make void or empty of contents)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Move out of an unsafe location into safety

Example:

After the earthquake, residents were evacuated

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "evacuate" is one way to...):

move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

evacuation (the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Move people from their homes or country

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "evacuate" is one way to...):

displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)

Cause:

move (change residence, affiliation, or place of employment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

evacuation (the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection)

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