evacuation

See also évacuation

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

evacuation (plural evacuations)

1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
2. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
3. Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
4. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
5. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
6. Abolition; nullification.

Derived terms

• evac
• med-evac
• noncombatant evacuation operations
• tactical aeromedical evacuation

Related terms

• evacuee
• evacuate
• evacuation slide

Translations

act of emptying

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搬空 (cmn) (bānkōng)

• Czech: vyprázdnění (cs) n
• Dutch: evacuatie (nl) f
• Finnish: tyhjentäminen (fi)
• French: évacuation (fr) f
• German: Evakuierung (de) f
• Greek: εκκένωση (el) (ekkénosi) f

• Italian: evacuamento (it) m
• Japanese: 避難 (ja) (hinan)
• Korean: 철수 (cheolsu)
• Norwegian: evakuering (no) m
• Portuguese: evacuação (pt) f
• Russian: опорожнение (ru) (oporožnénije) n
• Spanish: evacuación (es) f

withdrawal

• Finnish: vetäytyminen (fi) (military), evakuointi (fi) (civil)

voidance of matter by natural passagesof body

• Finnish: ulostaminen (fi), erittäminen (fi)

• Russian: испражнение (ru) (ispražnénije) n

leaving a place for protection

• Armenian: տարհանում (hy) (tarhanum)
• Czech: evakuace (cs)
• French: évacuation (fr) f

• German: Evakuierung (de) f
• Japanese: 避難 (ja) (ひなん, hinan)
• Russian: эвакуация (ru) (evakuácija) f