Crossword clues for evacuation
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Evacuation \E*vac`u*a"tion\, n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F.
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The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically:
(Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
(Med.) 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.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
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Abolition; nullification. [Obs.]
--Hooker.Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1400, "discharge from the body" (originally mostly of blood), from Old French évacuation and directly from Late Latin evacuationem (nominative evacuatio), noun of action from past participle stem of evacuare "to empty" (see evacuate). Military sense is by 1710. Of persons, by 1854.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum. 2 Withdrawal of troops or civil from a town, fortress, etc. 3 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. 4 The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection 5 That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. 6 Abolition; nullification.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Evacuation may refer to:
- Casualty evacuation (CASEVAC), 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 (MEDEVAC), evacuating a patient by plane or helicopter or even train
Evacuation was a children's reality television series presented by Matt Baker which was broadcast on CBBC between September 2006 and February 2008 where six boys and six girls from across the United Kingdom experienced living as evacuees in World War II.
"Evacuation" is an episode of British TV series The Bill, broadcast in 1988. The episode features one of the show's most early prominent events - the Sun Hill explosion of 1988. The episode was released on DVD as part of The Bill - Volume 3 in 2009.
Usage examples of "evacuation".
Ambergris, resisting the unprovoked invasion of Ambergris, and assisting in the evacuation of Ambergris, were acts of valor and military prowess unprecedented in the long histories of our peoples.
Under these circumstances the Federal commander resolved to give up the attempt to assail Richmond from the north or east, and by a rapid movement to Petersburg, seize upon that place, cut the Confederate railroads leading southward, and thus compel an evacuation of the capital.
I have given orders for the evacuation of the bailiwick of Bergdorf and all the Hamburg territory.
Eight years, however, elapsed, from the evacuation of Hippo to the reduction of Carthage.
WTC does not definitively indicate where that individual died that morning or whether he or she could have evacuated, these data strongly suggest that the evacuation was a success for civilians below the impact zone.
He was evacuated when the Japanese came in, in the 1940s, then he was evacuated from North Vietnam and South Vietnam when the communists took over, and this was his third evacuation.
South Vietnamese, the North Vietnamese could have stopped the evacuation anytime in their choosing, very simply, especially at the end when we were evacuating the embassy.
In the flickering shadows of the library they could be legendary gold, treasure of some space captain trapped on Gol Goth after the Evacuation.
Ysanne Isard had clearly traded the world for her escape from it-no one had found any trace of her and the reason for her evacuation seemed quite sound.
DIARRHEA is an affection characterized by unnaturally frequent evacuations from the bowels of a liquid of morbidly soft consistency.
This state of affairs had existed from childhood, and, as the evacuations were abundant and connected, no morbific change or malformation seemed present.
At two minutes before detonation, safely away on the shuttle Narra, Kell would communicate with the base, recommending an evacuation.
Had Ree known that he had intended to participate directly in the evacuation runs over Oghen, he might have had been tempted to place Keru in a restraining field.
This was the first time Troi had seen them both together since the evacuation of Oghen had begun.
For this knowledge must be the beneficial evacuation of nature, the rank and putrified stool which, foul as it is, carries out and away the far fouler source of poison and decay - the great worm of hope.