évacuation — [ evakɥasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1314; bas lat. evacuatio 1 ♦ Rejet, expulsion de matière hors de l organisme. ⇒ élimination, excrétion, expulsion. Évacuation par la bouche. ⇒ crachement, vomissement. Évacuation des excréments. ⇒ défécation, déjection. «… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Evacuation — may refer to: * Emergency evacuation, the mass movement of persons from a dangerous place due to a disaster * Patient evacuation, the procedure for moving a casualty from its initial location to an ambulance * Casualty evacuation (CASEVAC),… … Wikipedia
evacuation — UK US /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ noun [C or U] WORKPLACE ► the process of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: »an evacuation plan/map/procedure »building/office/emergency evacuation … Financial and business terms
evacuation — c.1400, discharge from the body (originally mostly of blood), from O.Fr. évacuation and directly from L.L. evacuationem (nom. EVACUATIO (Cf. evacuatio)), noun of action from pp. stem of evacuare (see EVACUATE (Cf. evacuate)) … Etymology dictionary
evacuation — Evacuation, Exinanitio. Evacuation de mauvaises humeurs, Detractiones … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Evacuation — Evacuation, lat. deutsch, Ausleerung; evacuiren, ausleeren, räumen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
evacuation — index abandonment (desertion), egress, flight, outflow, removal, resignation (relinquishment) … Law dictionary
evacuation — [ē vak΄yo͞o ā′shən, ivak΄yo͞o ā′shən] n. [ME evacuacioun < L evacuatio] 1. an evacuating or being evacuated 2. something evacuated; specif., feces … English World dictionary
évacuation — (é va ku a sion ; en vers, de six syllabes) s. f. 1° Action de vider. L évacuation d un hôpital. • Bagration et Barclay revenaient vers Smolensk à grands pas, l un pour la sauver par une bataille, l autre pour protéger la fuite de ses… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
evacuation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large scale, mass, massive ▪ emergency, immediate ▪ forced, mandatory (AmE) ▪ … Collocations dictionary
