evacuation
See also: évacuation
English
Etymology
From Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
evacuation (countable and uncountable, plural evacuations)
- The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
- Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
- 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.
- The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
- That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
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- Abolition; nullification.
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Derived terms
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Translations
act of emptying
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withdrawal
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voidance of matter by natural passages of body
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act of leaving a place for protection
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Old French
Noun
evacuation f (oblique plural evacuations, nominative singular evacuation, nominative plural evacuations)
- (medicine) evacuation (of the bowels)
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