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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 — E*vac u*a tion, n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F. [ e]vacuation.] 1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. (b) (Med.) Voidance of any matter by the natural… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
