Synonyms for evacuate
Definitions
- v. 1
To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
The soldiers evacuated the fortress.
Related words
- Word family
- evacuation
Forms
- Past participle
- evacuated
e.g. evacuated → emptied, abandoned, voided, leaved…
Example sentences
- drive It took me five hours to drive from here to Tokyo.
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- expel The elders decided to expel him from the village.
- vacate The guests were requested to vacate the premises.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| evacuate | steady | |
| drive | rising | |
| abandon | steady | |
| expel | steady | |
| vacate | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pass1, quit1, void1
- 5 letters
- leave1, drive1, empty2, expel2
- 6 letters
- desert2, vacate2
- 7 letters
- abandon3, exhaust2, forsake2, deplete2
- 9 letters
- discharge2
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (empty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- évacuer
- Italiano
- evacuare
- Español
- evacuar
- Deutsch
- evakuieren
- Català
- evacuar