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evacuation.

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

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Meaning & usage

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

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

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

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  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.

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

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  6. Abolition; nullification.

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Where this word comes from

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

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