evacuation

e·vac·u·a·tion

E0245600 (ĭ-văk′yo͞o-ā′shən)n.1. The act of evacuating or the condition of being evacuated.2. Physiology a. Discharge of waste materials from the excretory passages of the body, especially from the bowels.b. The material so discharged.

e•vac•u•a•tion

(ɪˌvæk yuˈeɪ ʃən)

n. 1. the act or process of evacuating or the condition of being evacuated. 2. something evacuated or discharged. [1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin] e•vac′u•a`tive (-tɪv) adj.

evacuation

1. The process of moving any person who is wounded, injured, or ill to and/or between medical treatment facilities.
2. The clearance of personnel, animals, or materiel from a given locality.
3. The controlled process of collecting, classifying, and shipping unserviceable or abandoned materiel, US or foreign, to appropriate reclamation, maintenance, technical intelligence, or disposal facilities.
4. The ordered or authorized departure of noncombatants from a specific area by Department of State, Department of Defense, or appropriate military commander. This refers to the movement from one area to another in the same or different countries. The evacuation is caused by unusual or emergency circumstances and applies equally to command or non-command sponsored family members. See also evacuee; noncombatant evacuation operations.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	evacuation - the act of removing the contents of somethingemptying, voidanceremotion, removal - the act of removing; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy"drain, drainage - emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
	2.	evacuation - the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protectionwithdrawal - the act of withdrawing; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam"medevac, medical evacuation, medivac - the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
	3.	evacuation - the bodily process of discharging waste matterexcreting, excretion, voiding, eliminationdefecation, laxation, shitting - the elimination of fecal waste through the anusexpelling, discharge, emission - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus"incontinence, incontinency - involuntary urination or defecationmicturition, urination - the discharge of urine

evacuation

noun1. removal, departure, withdrawal, clearance, flight, expulsion, exodus an evacuation of the city's four million inhabitants2. abandonment, withdrawal from, pulling out, moving out, clearance from, vacation from the mass evacuation of Srebrenica

evacuation

nounThe act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances:elimination, excretion, purgation.Medicine: catharsis.

Translations

撤离疏散

evacuate

(iˈvӕkjueit) verb1. to leave or withdraw from (a place), especially because of danger. The troops evacuated their position because of the enemy's advance. 撤離 撤离2. to cause (inhabitants etc) to leave a place, especially because of danger. Children were evacuated from the city to the country during the war. 疏散 疏散eˌvacuˈation noun 撤離，疏散 撤离，疏散