SINCE 1828
evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
| \ i-ˌva-kyə-ˈwā-shən
, -kyü-ˈā-\
, -kyü-ˈā-\
Definition of evacuation
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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Even so, fire officials lifted some of the evacuation orders that had covered thousands of people Thursday, as the fire spread rapidly and threatened more than 1,100 homes. — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "Mountain Fire near Redding threatens, but so far conditions favor containment," 23 Aug. 2019 The university’s Department of Public Safety immediately issued an evacuation order and began searching the building. — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, "Nothing suspicious found after University of St. Thomas receives bomb threat," 20 Aug. 2019 An evacuation order issued, then rescinded, for a nearby village. — Vladimir Isachenkov, chicagotribune.com, "The mysterious explosion in Russia involving a ‘Skyfall’ nuclear missile that’s evoking memories of Chernobyl," 14 Aug. 2019 An evacuation order issued, then rescinded, for a nearby village. — Washington Post, "Mysterious missile explosion in Russia raises questions," 14 Aug. 2019 The evacuation order was lifted Friday afternoon, allowing residents to return to their homes. — Lauren Hernández, SFChronicle.com, "Golf Fire in Lake County sparked by discarded cigarette," 10 Aug. 2019 The Riviera West neighborhood on the shores of Clear Lake remained under evacuation order Friday morning because of the Golf Fire. — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, "Wildfire forces evacuation of homes on Clear…," 9 Aug. 2019 The evacuation order was lifted Wednesday after firefighters spent days pumping much of the water from the reservoir and a Royal Air Force helicopter dropped bags of sand and gravel to plug a hole in the dam’s slipway. — Washington Post, "Town residents let back into homes below damaged England dam," 7 Aug. 2019 The fire was spreading west and south toward Fort McDowell and Rio Verde, but no evacuation orders were in place late Monday. — Chris Coppola, azcentral, "Verde Fire grows to 2,000 acres north of Fountain Hills," 5 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'evacuation.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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evacuation
noun
evac·u·a·tion
| \ i-ˌvak-yə-ˈwā-shən
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Medical Definition of evacuation
1
: the act or process of evacuating
2
: something evacuated or discharged
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