evacuation (noun)

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• evacuation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large scale, mass, massive ▪ emergency, immediate ▪ forced, mandatory (AmE) ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• evacuation — evacuate ► VERB 1) remove from a place of danger to a safer place. 2) leave (a dangerous place). 3) technical remove air, water, or other contents from (a container). 4) empty (the bowels or another bodily organ). DERIVATIVES evacuation noun.… …   English terms dictionary

• evacuation — UK US /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] WORKPLACE ► the process of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: »an evacuation plan/map/procedure »building/office/emergency evacuation …   Financial and business terms

• evacuation — c.1400, discharge from the body (originally mostly of blood), from O.Fr. évacuation and directly from L.L. evacuationem (nom. EVACUATIO (Cf. evacuatio)), noun of action from pp. stem of evacuare (see EVACUATE (Cf. evacuate)) …   Etymology dictionary

• evacuation — noun a) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum. b) Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc. See Also: evacuee, evacuate, evacuation slide …   Wiktionary

• evacuation — noun 1. the act of removing the contents of something (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑emptying, ↑voidance • Derivationally related forms: ↑evacuate, ↑void (for: ↑voidance), ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• evacuation hospital — noun : a mobile or partly mobile hospital where casualties are received usually from collecting stations and where major medical and surgical treatment can be given before evacuation to rear installations …   Useful english dictionary

• evacuation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act or process of evacuating 2. something evacuated or discharged …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• evacuation — UK [ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms evacuation : singular evacuation plural evacuations 1) [uncountable] the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe the evacuation of all nonessential government officials… …   English dictionary

• evacuation — e|vac|u|a|tion [ ı,vækju eıʃn ] noun 1. ) uncount the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe: the evacuation of all nonessential government officials evacuation procedures/plans 2. ) count or uncount MEDICAL the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• evacuation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Removal] Syn. draining, discharge, expulsion; see clearing 1 , removal 1 . 2. [Withdrawal] Syn. abandonment, removal, retreat, exodus; see departure 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The act or process of discharging bodily …   English dictionary for students