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" We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and thereafter the great state of danger in England at that time, with the bombings, necessitated the evacuation of children."
Peter Shaffer

Meaning of "evacuation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF EVACUATION

ɪˌvækjʊˈeɪʃ ən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EVACUATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Evacuation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EVACUATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Evacuation

Evacuation may refer to: ▪ Casualty evacuation, patient evacuation in combat situations ▪ Casualty movement, the procedure for moving a casualty from its initial location to an ambulance ▪ Emergency evacuation, removal of persons from a dangerous place due to a disaster or impending war ▪ Medical evacuation, evacuating a patient by plane or helicopter or even train...

Definition of evacuation in the English dictionary

The first definition of evacuation in the dictionary is the withdrawal or removal of people from a place of danger to a place of safety. Other definition of evacuation is the excretion from the body. Evacuation is also the removal of the contents of something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EVACUATION

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EVACUATION

evacuant · evacuate · evacuative · evacuator · evacuee · evadable · evade · evader · evadible · evadingly · evagation · evaginate · evagination · evaluable · evaluate · evaluation · evaluative · evaluator · evanesce · evanescence

WORDS THAT END LIKE EVACUATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · combination · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · destination · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of evacuation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EVACUATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «evacuation» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «evacuation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EVACUATION

Find out the translation of evacuation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of evacuation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «evacuation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

疏散
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

evacuación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

evacuation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

निकासी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إخلاء
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

эвакуация
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

evacuação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্বাসন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

évacuation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pemindahan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Evakuierung
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

避難
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

대피
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Evakuasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sơ tán
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வெளியேற்றுதல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

निर्वासन
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tahliye
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

evacuazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

ewakuacja
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

евакуація
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

evacuare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκκένωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontruiming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

evakuering
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

evakuering
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of evacuation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EVACUATION»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of evacuation
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about evacuation

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4 QUOTES WITH «EVACUATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word evacuation.
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Dale Archer
I did live through Katrina and also Hurricane Rita, which hit Lake Charles. Interestingly, when Katrina hit, they evacuated and Lake Charles was one of the evacuation destinations. We opened up the civic center of the city to the evacuees and provided them free medical and psychiatric care there.
2
Douglas Bader
The sea from Dunkirk to Dover during these days of the evacuation looked like any coastal road in England on a bank holiday. It was solid with shipping.
3
Michael Chertoff
So, all during the '90s and, you know, for the first half of this decade, we had opportunities to get evacuation plans in place, better communications in place.
4
Peter Shaffer
We... our war began September the 3rd 1939, with the invasion of Poland by Germany, and thereafter the great state of danger in England at that time, with the bombings, necessitated the evacuation of children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EVACUATION»

Discover the use of evacuation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to evacuation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Evacuation
Another was to move them somewhere safer. This was called evacuation and children were the largest group of evacuees. But where did they all go? Evacuation will tell you the answer to this and many other questions.
Stewart Ross, 2007
2
Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics
This volume addresses both pedestrian and evacuation dynamics and associated human behavior to provide answers for policy makers, designers, and emergency management to help solve real world problems in this rapidly developing field.
Richard D. Peacock, Kuligowski Erica D., Jason D. Averill, 2011
3
Who Will Take Our Children?: The British Evacuation Program ...
"A revised edition of a book published in 1985 as Who Will Take Our Children: The Story of the Evacuations in Britain, 1939-1945, this book provides the logistics and planning of the British evacuation program, the experiences of child ...
Carlton Jackson, 2008
4
Childhood Temporary Separation: Long-term Effects of Wartime ...
This study investigates possible links between temporary separation from parents in childhood due to evacuation in World War 2 and later psychological development and adult relationships.
J.S.M. Rusby, 2008
5
Egress Design Solutions: A Guide to Evacuation and Crowd ...
This book fills this gap by providing a comprehensive review of egress design and analysis, covering egress fundamentals and strategies, performance solutions, human behavior, evacuation modeling, evacuation planning, and crowd management.
Jeffrey Tubbs, Brian Meacham, 2007
6
Mathematical Models for Evacuation Planning in Urban Areas
The considered problem of this work is the reorganization of the traffic routing of an urban area for the case of an emergency mass evacuation.
Sarah Bretschneider, 2012
7
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress
When government officials become aware of an impending disaster, they may take steps to protect citizens before the incident occurs.
Bruce R. Lindsay, 2010
8
Hospital at War: The 95th Evacuation Hospital in World War II
Friedenberg, a young surgeon fresh out of his internship at the time, provides an insider's account of how these men and women fought tirelessly, under trying conditions, to salvage lives.
Zachary Friedenberg, 2004
9
Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam
During a tour with The Historical Unit, U.S. Army Medical Dept., from 1974-1977, Peter Dorland, then a captain and a former Dust Off pilot in Vietnam, completed the basic research for this book and drafted a lengthy manuscript.
Peter Dorland, James Nanney, 1982
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War, Evacuation, and the Exercise of Power: The Center, ...
War, Evacuation, and the Exercise of Power examines the history of the Pedagogical Institute, located in the USSR's Kirov region from 1941 to 1952. Holmes reveals a tangled and complex relationship of local, regional, and national agencies.
Larry E. Holmes, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EVACUATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term evacuation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Calgary's Cold War evacuation exercise plan unearthed by plumber …
In September 1955, following months of planning, Calgary ran a major practice evacuation as part of preparations against a possible attack by ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
2
Missoula Co. evacuation procedures revised ahead of possibly dau
The Missoula County Sheriff's Office has made changes to its evacuation protocol in response to a potentially dangerous fire season ahead of Missoula County. «KPAX-TV, Jul 15»
3
Evacuation Plans Limited for Towns Around Local Nuclear Power …
Federal regulators only require evacuation plans for areas within 10 miles of a nuclear power plant. No municipal government in the region has ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Jul 15»
4
9 evacuation orders and alerts remain in B.C. due to wildfires …
As of Wednesday, July 9, more than 80 properties in the province were on Evacuation Order with approximately 500 homes on Evacuation Alert ... «Globalnews.ca, Jul 15»
5
Why do People Ignore Hurricane Evacuation Orders? - AccuWeather
26, 2011, file photo, residents and vacationers head north on Long Beach Blvd as they heed the mandatory evacuation imposed by local ... «AccuWeather.com, Jul 15»
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Evacuation ordered in Jasper National Park | Metro
JASPER, Alta. – An evacuation of part of Jasper National Park was ordered Thursday due to a forest fire in the picturesque Maligne Valley. «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
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Brush fire puts Everett residents on level 1 evacuation notice - King 5
Brush fire puts Everett residents on level 1 evacuation notice The fire started in the Eastmont neighborhood, just east of the Everett Mall. «KING5.com, Jul 15»
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Evacuation orders lifted for hundreds forced to flee Idaho wildfire …
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Evacuation orders were lifted on Thursday for 600 residents of an affluent northern Idaho resort area where a ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
9
Springfield Fire Department: Bomb threat prompts evacuation of …
SPRINGFIELD -- A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of the Hampden County Hall of Justice on State Street Thursday morning. The threat ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
10
Bali volcanic ash crisis may force major evacuation airlift | Plane …
Speculation It's too early to know if the RAAF may be called in, but the flight home from Bali for holidaymakers stranded by a volcanic ash cloud ... «Crikey, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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