Evacuation
[ɪ,vækjʊ'eɪʃ(ə)n] or [ɪ,vækjʊ'eʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection.
Edited by Bryan--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.
(n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
(n.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
(n.) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
(n.) Abolition; nullification.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Emptying.[2]. Discharge, ejection, excretion.[3]. Quitting, withdrawal.
Checker: McDonald
Examples
- Louis Moore's doubts respecting the immediate evacuation of Fieldhead by Mr. Sympson turned out to be perfectly well founded. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The treaty of peace was at last ratified, and the evacuation of Mexico by United States troops was ordered. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There was no time from the battle of Shiloh up to the evacuation of Corinth when the enemy would not have left if pushed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- To pass into the interior would, however, be to insure the evacuation of the city, and its possession by the navy and Foster's troops. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- His approach caused the evacuation of that city about the time we were at Appomattox, and was the cause of a commotion we heard of there. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These dispositions, he said, faithfully sustained, insured the enemy's speedy evacuation of Chattanooga for want of food and forage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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