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- Dictionaryevacuation/ɪˌvakjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun
- 1. the action of evacuating a person or a place: "there were waves of evacuation during the blitz" Similar
- 2. the action of emptying the bowels or another bodily organ: "patients with a feeling of incomplete evacuation" Similar Opposite
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EVACUATION definition: 1. the act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. the act or process of…. Learn more.
1. : the act or process of evacuating. 2. : something evacuated or discharged. Examples of evacuation in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web Advertisement Kilgore was one of a group of neighbors on his street who decided to stay despite evacuation orders.
An evacuation happens when people are removed from or leave a dangerous place. An approaching hurricane sometimes results in the evacuation of islands and coastal towns.
the act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: The evacuation of civilians remains out of the question while the fighting continues. The first evacuations came ten days after the disaster. formal. the act or process of emptying something of its contents, especially the bowels:
Evacuation definition: the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.. See examples of EVACUATION used in a sentence.
1. the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents. 2. Physiology. discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels. 3. something evacuated or discharged. 4. the removal of persons or things from an endangered area. 5.
noun. 1. removal, departure, withdrawal, clearance, flight, expulsion, exodus an evacuation of the city's four million inhabitants. 2. abandonment, withdrawal from, pulling out, moving out, clearance from, vacation from the mass evacuation of Srebrenica.
The word 'evacuation' is correct and can be used in written English. You can use it to refer to the removal of people from an area due to danger or an emergency, such as the evacuation of a city due to an approaching hurricane.
to remove (persons or things) from a place, as a dangerous place or disaster area, for reasons of safety or protection: to evacuate the inhabitants of towns in the path of a flood. to remove persons from (a city, town, building, area, etc.) for reasons of safety: to evacuate the embassy after a bomb threat. Military.
Noun. evacuation ( pl. 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.
