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evacuative

evacuative adjective: that causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.

Adjective

evacuative (comparative more evacuative, superlative most evacuative)

  1. That causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.

Noun

evacuative (plural evacuatives)

  1. A purgative remedy.

Forms of evacuative

Adjective
comparativemore evacuative
superlativemost evacuative
Noun
pluralevacuatives

Origin of evacuative

From evacuate + -ive.

Questions about evacuative

What does evacuative mean?
Evacuative means that causes evacuation; cathartic; purgative.
What part of speech is evacuative?
Evacuative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near evacuative in the dictionary

  1. evacuating
  2. evacuation
  3. evacuation slide
  4. evacuation slides
  5. evacuations
  6. evacuative
  7. evacuatives
  8. evacuator
  9. evacuatories
  10. evacuators
  11. evacuatory

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