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) 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.