evacuation

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ɪˌvækjəˈweɪʃən/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The act of removing people from a place of danger to a safer location, typically due to natural disasters, military threats, or emergencies.; The process of emptying or clearing a place, building, or area of its occupants or contents.; The withdrawal of military forces from a place or region.; The discharge or removal of waste matter, fluids, or other substances from the body, especially from the bowels.; The act of emptying or removing the contents of a container, vessel, or enclosed space.; The removal of air or gas from an enclosed space to create a vacuum.; The matter or substance that has been evacuated or discharged, especially bodily waste.; The organized removal of casualties or wounded personnel from a combat zone or disaster area to medical facilities.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: evacuations

Collocations

mass evacuationemergency evacuationevacuation planevacuation orderforced evacuationevacuation routeorder an evacuation

Derivatives

evacuateevacueeevacuative

Synonyms

withdrawalremovalexodusretreatdeparturerelocation

Antonyms

arrivalinflux

Commonly confused

eviction
EN: 'Eviction' is the legal removal of a tenant from property; 'evacuation' is the removal of people from a dangerous area.
evacuee
EN: 'Evacuee' refers to a person who has been evacuated; 'evacuation' is the process or act itself.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember it is spelled with a 'c' (not 'k'): 'evacuation', not 'evakuation'. Also note the single 'c' and the '-ation' ending.

💬 Examples

  1. The evacuation of the coastal town was ordered hours before the hurricane made landfall.

  2. The evacuation of the office building took less than five minutes after the fire alarm sounded.

  3. The evacuation of troops from the occupied territory was completed within three weeks.

  4. The patient reported difficulty with bowel evacuation following the surgery.

  5. The evacuation of the reservoir was necessary to inspect the dam for structural damage.

  6. The evacuation of the chamber is essential before the electron microscope can be operated.

  7. The laboratory analyzed the evacuation for signs of infection.

  8. Medical evacuation helicopters were dispatched to the battlefield to transport the injured soldiers.