We are interested in the flow of evacuation events from the occurrence of a large earthquake to the conclusion of emergency countermeasures.
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Evacuation
//ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "evacuation" (73 found)
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Strong matches (22)
Related words (36)
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Translations
103 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- evakuim noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὕπαξις noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
Arabic
4 entries- إخْلَاء noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- إخْلَاء noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- تَخْلِيَة noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- تَخْلِيَة noun (act of emptying)
Armenian
2 entries- էվակուացիա noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- տարհանում noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- boşaldılma noun (act of emptying)
- boşaltma noun (act of emptying)
- evakuasiya noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- təxliyə noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Belarusian
1 entries- эвакуа́цыя noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Bulgarian
1 entries- евакуа́ция noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Catalan
2 entries- evacuació noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evacuació noun (act of emptying)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 後送 /后送 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- 搬空 noun (act of emptying)
- 撤離 /撤离 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- 疏散 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Czech
2 entries- evakuace noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- vyprázdnění noun (act of emptying)
Danish
1 entries- evakuering noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Dutch
2 entries- evacuatie noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evacuatie noun (act of emptying)
Esperanto
4 entries- evakuado noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evakuado noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- evakuo noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evakuo noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
Estonian
1 entries- evakuatsioon noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Finnish
4 entries- erittäminen noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
- evakuointi noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evakuointi noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- tyhjentäminen noun (act of emptying)
French
2 entries- évacuation noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- évacuation noun (act of emptying)
Georgian
1 entries- ევაკუაცია noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
German
3 entries- Evakuierung noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- Evakuierung noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- Evakuierung noun (act of emptying)
Greek
3 entries- εκκένωση noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- εκκένωση noun (act of emptying)
- κένωση noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
Hindi
2 entries- निकासी noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- रिक्त करना noun (act of emptying)
Hungarian
4 entries- evakuálás noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- kimenekítés noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- kitelepítés noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- kiürítés noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Italian
2 entries- evacuamento noun (act of emptying)
- evacuazione noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Japanese
1 entries- 避難 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Kazakh
1 entries- эвакуация noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Khmer
1 entries- អពយព noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Korean
3 entries- 대피 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- 철수 noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- 피난 noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эвакуация noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Lao
1 entries- ອົບພະຍົບ noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Latvian
1 entries- evakuācija noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Lithuanian
1 entries- evakuacija noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Macedonian
1 entries- евакуација noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Middle English
1 entries- purgacioun noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- evakuering noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evakuering noun (act of emptying)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- تخلیه noun (act of emptying)
Persian
1 entries- تخلیه noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Polish
3 entries- ewakuacja noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- ewakuacja noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- wypróżnienie noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
Portuguese
2 entries- evacuação noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evacuação noun (act of emptying)
Romanian
4 entries- evacuare noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evacuare noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- evacuație noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
- retragere noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
Russian
4 entries- испражне́ние noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
- опорожне́ние noun (act of emptying)
- эвакуа́ция noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- эвакуа́ция noun (withdrawal of troops or civils from a town)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- evakuácija noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- евакуа́ција noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Slovak
1 entries- evakuácia noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Slovene
1 entries- evakuacija noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Spanish
3 entries- evacuación noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- evacuación noun (act of emptying)
- evacuación noun (voidance of matter by natural passages of body)
Swedish
2 entries- evakuering noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- utrymning noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Tajik
2 entries- тахлия noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- эвакуация noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Thai
1 entries- อพยพ noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Turkish
1 entries- tahliye noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Ukrainian
1 entries- евакуа́ція noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Uzbek
1 entries- evakuatsiya noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Vietnamese
2 entries- sự sơ tán noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
- sự tản cư noun (act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Be on alert. The evacuation order may occur at any moment.
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Evacuation will be difficult.
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Evacuation orders have been issued.
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