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Evict vs Evacuate - What's the difference?

evict | evacuate |

As verbs the difference between evict and evacuate

is that evict is to expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out while evacuate is to leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.

evict

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.

    • Related terms

    * eviction

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    evacuate

    English

    Verb

    (evacuat)
  • To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
    • The firefighters told us to evacuate the area as the flames approached.
  • * Burke
    • The Norwegians were forced to evacuate the country.
  • To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of, including to create a vacuum; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
    • The scientist evacuated the chamber before filling it with nitrogen.
  • (figurative) To make empty; to deprive.
  • * Coleridge
    • Evacuate the Scriptures of their most important meaning.
  • To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
  • To make void; to nullify; to vacate.
    • to evacuate a contract or marriage
    (Francis Bacon)

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    * evacuation (pos n)