# evacuate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ · frequency rank #14,316

## Definitions
1. To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from.
2. To cause (or help) to leave or withdraw from.
3. To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum.
4. To make empty; to deprive.
5. To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bladder or the bowels (to stool).
6. To make void; to nullify; to vacate.

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

## Easily confused with
- **evaluate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evacuate-vs-evaluate)
- **evacuated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evacuate-vs-evacuated)
- **ejaculate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ejaculate-vs-evacuate)

## Common misspellings (10)
`eavcuate`, `evacaute`, `evaccuate`, `evacuaet`, `evacuatte`, `evacutae`, `evaucate`, `evcauate`, `evvacuate`, `veacuate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evacuate