| evacuate | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. evacuate | move out of an unsafe location into safety.; "After the earthquake, residents were evacuated" |
| ~ move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" |
| v. (change) | 2. evacuate | empty completely.; "evacuate the bottle" |
| ~ empty | make void or empty of contents.; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
| v. (motion) | 3. evacuate | move people from their homes or country. |
| ~ move | change residence, affiliation, or place of employment.; "We moved from Idaho to Nebraska"; "The basketball player moved from one team to another" |
| ~ displace | cause to move, usually with force or pressure.; "the refugees were displaced by the war" |
| v. (change) | 4. evacuate | create a vacuum in (a bulb, flask, reaction vessel). |
| ~ empty | make void or empty of contents.; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building" |
| v. (body) | 5. empty, evacuate, void | excrete or discharge from the body. |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ suction | empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction.; "suction the uterus in an abortion" |
| flee | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ stampede | run away in a stampede. |
| ~ abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
| ~ elope, run off | run away secretly with one's beloved.; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ high-tail | retreat at full speed.; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant" |
| ~ defect, desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" |
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