asanace

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Czech

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Etymology

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From Latin sānātiō (healing, curing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈasanat͡sɛ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧sa‧na‧ce

Noun

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asanace f

  1. Modification or removal of buildings or whole city blocks, mainly for reasons of public hygiene
    Na přelomu 19. a 20. století probíhala rozsáhlá asanace a přestavba pražského židovského města.
    At the turn of the 20th century, extensive demolition and reconstruction of Prague's Jewish Quarter was undertaken.
  2. Environmental remediation measures
    asanace skládky
    landfill remediation

Usage notes

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In the first sense, the word is mostly used in connection with the renovation of the Prague Jewish Quarter.

Akce Asanace was the cover name of a Czechoslovak secret police operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s the goal of which was the expulsion of leading dissidents out of the country.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • asanace in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • asanace in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • asanace in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012-, slovnikcestiny.cz
  • asanace in Internetová jazyková příručka