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evacuation

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool, urine or other natural means.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Abolition; nullification.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: withdrawal

Narrower terms: medical evacuation, medevac, medivac, Dunkirk, Dunkerque

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of removing the contents of something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: emptying, voidance

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: removal, remotion

Narrower terms: drain, drainage

9

noun

Meaning 9

the bodily process of discharging waste matter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: elimination, excretion, excreting, voiding

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: discharge, emission, expelling

Narrower terms: defecation, laxation, shitting, incontinence, incontinency, micturition, urination

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: evakuim — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Arabic: إخْلَاء (ʔiḵlāʔ) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Arabic: تَخْلِيَة (taḵliya) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Armenian: տարհանում (tarhanum) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Armenian: էվակուացիա (ēvakuacʻia) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Azerbaijani: təxliyə — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Azerbaijani: evakuasiya — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Belarusian: эвакуа́цыя (evakuácyja) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Bulgarian: евакуа́ция (evakuácija) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Catalan: evacuació — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撤離 /撤离 (chèlí) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 疏散 (shūsàn) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Chinese Mandarin: 後送 /后送 (hòusòng) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Czech: evakuace — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Danish: evakuering — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Dutch: evacuatie — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Esperanto: evakuo — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Esperanto: evakuado — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Estonian: evakuatsioon — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Finnish: evakuointi — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • French: évacuation — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Georgian: ევაკუაცია (evaḳuacia) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • German: Evakuierung — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Greek: εκκένωση (ekkénosi) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Hindi: निकासी (nikāsī) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Hungarian: kiürítés — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Hungarian: evakuálás — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Hungarian: kitelepítés — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Hungarian: kimenekítés — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Italian: evacuazione — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Japanese: 避難 (hinan) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Kazakh: эвакуация (évakuasiä) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Khmer: អពយព (ʼɑppyup) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Korean: 피난 (pinan) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Korean: 대피 (daepi) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Kyrgyz: эвакуация (evakuatsiya) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Lao: ອົບພະຍົບ (ʼop pha nyop) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Latvian: evakuācija — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Lithuanian: evakuacija — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Macedonian: евакуација (evakuacija) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Norwegian Bokmål: evakuering — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Persian: تخلیه (taxliye) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Polish: ewakuacja — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Portuguese: evacuação — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Romanian: evacuare — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Russian: эвакуа́ция (evakuácija) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Serbo-Croatian: евакуа́ција — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Serbo-Croatian: evakuácija — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Slovak: evakuácia — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Slovene: evakuacija — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Spanish: evacuación — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Swedish: evakuering — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Swedish: utrymning — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Tajik: тахлия (taxliya) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Tajik: эвакуация (evakuaciya) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Thai: อพยพ (òp-pá-yóp) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Turkish: tahliye — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Ukrainian: евакуа́ція (evakuácija) — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Uzbek: evakuatsiya — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Vietnamese: sự sơ tán — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Vietnamese: sự tản cư — act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety
  • Arabic: إخْلَاء (ʔiḵlāʔ) — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Esperanto: evakuo — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Esperanto: evakuado — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Finnish: vetäminen pois — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Finnish: evakuointi — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • German: Evakuierung — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Korean: 철수 (cheolsu) — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Polish: ewakuacja — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Romanian: evacuare — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Romanian: evacuație — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Romanian: retragere — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Russian: эвакуа́ция (evakuácija) — withdrawal of troops or civils from a town
  • Arabic: تَفْرِيغ (tafrīḡ) — act of emptying
  • Arabic: تَخْلِيَة (taḵliya) — act of emptying
  • Azerbaijani: boşaltma — act of emptying
  • Azerbaijani: boşaldılma — act of emptying
  • Catalan: evacuació — act of emptying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 搬空 (bānkōng) — act of emptying
  • Czech: vyprázdnění — act of emptying
  • Dutch: evacuatie — act of emptying
  • Finnish: tyhjentäminen — act of emptying
  • French: évacuation — act of emptying
  • German: Evakuierung — act of emptying
  • Greek: εκκένωση (ekkénosi) — act of emptying
  • Hindi: रिक्त करना (rikt karnā) — act of emptying
  • Hungarian: kiürítés — act of emptying
  • Italian: evacuamento — act of emptying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: evakuering — act of emptying
  • Portuguese: evacuação — act of emptying
  • Russian: опорожне́ние (oporožnénije) — act of emptying
  • Spanish: evacuación — act of emptying
  • Ottoman Turkish: تخلیه (tahliye) — act of emptying
  • Finnish: ulostaminen — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Finnish: erittäminen — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Greek: κένωση (kénosi) — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Ancient Greek: ὕπαξις (húpaxis) — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Hungarian: ürítés — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Hungarian: székletürítés — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Middle English: purgacioun — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Polish: wypróżnienie — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Russian: испражне́ние (ispražnénije) — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
  • Spanish: evacuación — voidance of matter by natural passages of body
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