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Word entry · 8 letters

evacuate

Best crossword clue

"Clear out"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aaceetuvStarts with EEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. excrete or discharge from the body

Word origin

First attested in 1526; borrowed from Latin ēvacuātus, the perfect passive participle of ēvacuō (“to empty out, evacuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Used in a sentence

  • The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
  • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  • The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.

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