English Explanatory Dictionary

evacuation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
  2. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, 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; urination; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
  5. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means.
  6. Abolition; nullification.

Pronunciation

/ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-evacuation.wav

Word forms

evacuation evacuations

Etymology

From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Equivalent to evacuate + -ion.

Related words

evacuee evacuate evacuation slide

Derived words

CASEVAC evac Evacuation Day intact dilation and evacuation med-evac noncombatant evacuation operations nonevacuation self-evacuation tactical aeromedical evacuation voice evacuation
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