evacuation

CEFRB2

/ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/

noun

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01
noun
The act of moving people away from danger.
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noun
Extra detail
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.

Examples

Be on alert. The evacuation order may occur at any moment.
Evacuation will be difficult.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

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noun

Extra meanings

The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
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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Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.
The Abſcess being broken an Ulcer is left behind, which may be known by the Evacuation of Matter by Vomit and Stool
evacuation of all Romish ceremonies

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Roads on either side of the river Rhine will be closed as authorities seal off the large evacuation zone. The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.
2025 June 4, Alex Croft, “Around 20,000 evacuated in Cologne as major bomb defusal operation underway”, in The Independent, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2025, retrieved 20...
The peak of the record-breaking month came during the fourth week, when the railways were called upon to handle the transport side of the official evacuation from the London area. During the first seven days of this evacuation, 175 special trains left the main London termini carrying mothers and children to the safety of the countryside.
1944 September and October, “A Busy Month”, in Railway Magazine, page 259
The operating difficulties of this evacuation movement were further intensified by the fact that Sunday, June 2, saw the movement of nearly 48,000 children in 70 trains from Kentish and other East Coast towns, and 32 of these trains originated on the Southern Railway. [...] Moreover, during the period of intensive B.E.F. evacuation, the British railways also carried some 20,000,000 passengers and over 6,000,000 tons of freight.
1940 July, “Notes and News: A Magnificent Transport Achievement”, in Railway Magazine, page 420
A large evening meal, deep sleep in a better bed than hers, a full evacuation, a hot bath (her own house had only a cold shower), a breakfast of bacon and eggs and sausages from Crabbe's boy — these had smoothed and restored her.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 561
The Abſcess being broken an Ulcer is left behind, which may be known by the Evacuation of Matter by Vomit and Stool
1685, John Pechey, The Storehouse of Physical Practice

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Origin

noun

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

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The hurricane warning prompted an emergency blank— of the entire coastal town zone.

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noun

The hurricane warning prompted an emergency blank of the entire coastal town zone.