Meaning

6 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.

    Evakuierung

    эвакуа́цияevakuácija

    евакуа́ціяevakuácija

    the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection

  2. (countable, uncountable)Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.

    Evakuierung

    эвакуа́цияevakuácija

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.

    Evakuierung

    опорожне́ниеoporožnénije

    the act of removing the contents of something

  4. (countable, uncountable)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.

    испражне́ниеispražnénije

  5. (countable, uncountable)That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Abolition; nullification.

Examples

25 sentences
  1. Evacuation will be difficult.

    Евакуація буде складною. — deniko

  2. Today, we had an evacuation drill at school.

  3. Begin the evacuation.

  4. Evacuation orders have been issued.

  5. We are in the evacuation zone.

    Ми знаходимося в зоні евакуації. — deniko

    ruМы находимся в зоне эвакуации. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety:
act of emptying:
voidance of matter by natural passages of body:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety:

Origin

From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Eq

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

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Forms

plural: evacuations
Singularevacuation
Pluralevacuations

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

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