What's the difference between evacuate and vacuate?

Evacuate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make empty; to empty out; to remove the contents of; as, to evacuate a vessel or dish.
  • (v. t.) Fig.: To make empty; to deprive.
  • (v. t.) To remove; to eject; to void; to discharge, as the contents of a vessel, or of the bowels.
  • (v. t.) To withdraw from; to quit; to retire from; as, soldiers from a country, city, or fortress.
  • (v. t.) To make void; to nullify; to vacate; as, to evacuate a contract or marriage.
  • (v. i.) To let blood

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
  • (2) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
  • (3) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
  • (4) Today we have evacuated six bodies from inside the fuselage,” Supriyadi said on Friday.
  • (5) This is what President Carter did when he raised the spectre of terminating US military assistance if Israel did not immediately evacuate Lebanon in September 1977.
  • (6) This may be due to changes in the gastroduodenal pressure gradient induced by evacuating the stomach.
  • (7) We conclude that these good results are due to the short interval between accident and operation as well as to the evacuation of the intraarticular hematoma, together with a stable internal fixation and functional rehabilitation.
  • (8) "We began planning to evacuate, and took 55 people to the annexe," said Hicks.
  • (9) One patient required evacuation and open packing of the right upper quadrant and lower right hemithorax.
  • (10) The Bosnian leadership in Sarajevo warned the UN on 8 July that “genocide against the civilian population of Srebrenica may occur” but did not call for evacuation.
  • (11) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
  • (12) Total bacterial counts, nitrate-reducing bacteria and nitrite concentration were determined in fasting gastric juice before and after 4 weeks of treatment with a strong or with a mild antacid drug, a placebo preparation and the spasmolytic agent papaverine which is known to inhibit gastric evacuation.
  • (13) The postoperative CT images show successful evacuation of the hematoma, and the clinical evaluation also showed satisfactory results.
  • (14) A removable, stainless-steel tube is present around the heated area, and this particular configuration makes it possible to begin every combustion procedure from room temperature, and consequently, to achieve a complete evacuation of air from the line even for heat-labile samples.
  • (15) Allen's team has used the new technique to work out whether global warming worsened the UK floods in autumn 2000, which inundated 10,000 properties, disrupted power supplies and led to train services being cancelled, motorways closed and 11,000 people evacuated from their homes - at a total cost of £1bn.
  • (16) This series suggests that patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy may safely undergo operative procedures, and patients presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage may show neurologic improvement following evacuation of the hematoma.
  • (17) In contrast to the broad coverage of the clinical aspects of the aeromedical evacuation, the operational and management control issues have rarely been addressed.
  • (18) Subdural hematomas were evacuated in 41 newborns during the first 4 days after birth.
  • (19) Simultaneous opening of the dura mater on both sides with slow evacuation of the contents of the hematomas is an important stage of surgical intervention in BTSH.
  • (20) The evacuation of breakfast with butter was inhibited almost to the same degree.

Vacuate


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make void, or empty.

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