evacuation

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun the act of removing the contents of something
noun the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
noun the bodily process of discharging waste matter

From Middle English evacuacioun, from Old French evacuation, from Late Latin ēvacuātiō. Equivalent to evacuate + -ion.

19 Petersburg, evacuation of, ii. — Great Britain and the American Civil War, Ephraim Douglass Adams
The First Consul had long been apprehensive that the evacuation of Egypt was unavoidable. — Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Complete, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Re evacuation, the Japanese presented a Note promising evacuation if "not prevented by unforeseen circumstances." — The Problem of China, Bertrand Russell

emptying, voidance

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