evacuation

See also: évacuation

English

Etymology

From Old French evacuation, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin ēvacuātiō.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

evacuation (countable and uncountable, plural evacuations)

1. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
2. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
3. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
4. 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.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 561:

     A large evening meal, deep sleep in a better bed than hers, a full evacuation, a hot bath (her own house had only a cold shower), a breakfast of bacon and eggs and sausages from Crabbe's boy — these had smoothed and restored her.

5. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Quincy to this entry?)

6. Abolition; nullification.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Hooker to this entry?)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• evac
• Evacuation Day
• med-evac

• noncombatant evacuation operations
• tactical aeromedical evacuation

Related terms

• evacuee
• evacuate
• evacuation slide

Translations

act of emptying

• Catalan: evacuació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搬空 (bānkōng)

• Czech: vyprázdnění n
• Dutch: evacuatie (nl) f
• Finnish: tyhjentäminen
• French: évacuation (fr) f
• German: Evakuierung (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: εκκένωση (el) f (ekkénosi)
• Italian: evacuamento m
• Japanese: 避難 (ja) (hinan)
• Korean: 철수 (ko) (cheolsu)
• Norwegian: evakuering m
• Portuguese: evacuação (pt) f
• Russian: опорожне́ние (ru) n (oporožnénije)
• Spanish: evacuación (es) f

withdrawal

• Finnish: vetäytyminen (fi) (military), evakuointi (fi) (civil)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: απόσυρση (el) f (apósyrsi)

voidance of matter by natural passages of body

• Finnish: ulostaminen (fi), erittäminen (fi)
• Greek: κένωση (el) f (kénosi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: испражне́ние (ru) n (ispražnénije)
• Spanish: evacuación (es) f

act of leaving a place for protection

• Armenian: տարհանում (hy) (tarhanum)
• Catalan: evacuació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (evacuating from a place) 撤離／撤离 (zh) (chèlí), 撤离 (zh) (chèlí), (evacuating people) 疏散 (zh) (shūsàn), (military) 後送／后送 (zh) (hòusòng), 后送 (zh) (hòusòng)

• Czech: evakuace (cs)
• Finnish: evakuointi (fi)
• French: évacuation (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Evakuierung (de) f
• Greek: εκκένωση (el) f (ekkénosi)
• Japanese: 避難 (ja) (ひなん, hinan)
• Russian: эвакуа́ция (ru) f (evakuácija)
• Spanish: evacuación (es) f
• Swedish: evakuering (sv) c, utrymning (sv) c
• Thai: อพยพ (th) (òp-pá-yóp)

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvacuātiō.

Noun

evacuation oblique singular, f (oblique plural evacuations, nominative singular evacuation, nominative plural evacuations)

1. (medicine) evacuation (of the bowels)