Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective p. p. of
evacuate . - adjective emptied of gas by being pumped out or having a vacuum created.
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- adjective Having had population removed, by
evacuation . - adjective Containing a
vacuum . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
evacuate .
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Examples
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It landed on the floor after it hit the screen, but the AA batteries were worse for the wear as they had been evacuated from the remote mid air.
Kari Gremore: An All-American Tea Party Kari Gremore 2010
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Skeptics will claim that a basic agreement in principle on which settlements are going to stay in Israel and which are going to be evacuated, is not possible in 60 days.
Steven L. Spiegel: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: How to Turn the Current Mess Into a Success Steven L. Spiegel 2010
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Spears really did build a machine that he claimed filled up with a spiritual essence evacuated from the womb of his devoted compatriot, a lady never named in any source I could find.
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It landed on the floor after it hit the screen, but the AA batteries were worse for the wear as they had been evacuated from the remote mid air.
Kari Gremore: An All-American Tea Party Kari Gremore 2010
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Rescue efforts in the remote indigenous village continued on Wednesday, as scores of residents were evacuated from the rain-drenched area.
Mexico Revises Casualties From Tuesday's Massive Landslide 2010
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Dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is about halfway between 14th and 15th streets Northwest.
Fire at D.C. apartment displaces 21 Washington Post editors 2010
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Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images Despite the risk and warnings from officials, thousands of people who had been evacuated from the danger zone rushed back Sunday morning, piling into trucks, cars and on the backs of motorcycles to check on their livestock high up on the scorched slopes.
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Most residents have been evacuated from the area, and there were no immediate reports of casualties from the latest blast.
Indonesia Volcano Hinders Aid Work Patrick Barta 2010
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Dozens of people were evacuated from the building, which is about halfway between 14th and 15th streets Northwest.
Two injured in apartment fire at 14th St., R.I. Ave. Paul Duggan 2010
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It landed on the floor after it hit the screen, but the AA batteries were worse for the wear as they had been evacuated from the remote mid air.
Kari Gremore: An All-American Tea Party Kari Gremore 2010
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