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English

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Noun

evac (plural evacs)

1. evacuation
2. evacuee

Derived terms

• med-evac

Anagrams

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English

Etymology

From Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ?vacu?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??vækju?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

evacuation (countable and uncountable, plural evacuations)

1. The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
2. Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, fortress, etc.
3. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
4. 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.
5. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.

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6. Abolition; nullification.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     evacuation of all Romish ceremonies

Derived terms

Related terms

• evacuee
• evacuate
• evacuation slide

Translations

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?vacu?ti?.

Noun

evacuation f (oblique plural evacuations, nominative singular evacuation, nominative plural evacuations)

1. (medicine) evacuation (of the bowels)