evacuation

ɪˌvakjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n

noun

the action of evacuating a person or a place.

there were waves of evacuation during the blitz

removal,clearance,shifting,expulsion,eviction,deportation,emptying,depopulation,abandonment,quitting,vacation,desertion,leaving,forsaking,departure from,withdrawal from,retreat from,pull-out from,disappearance from,exodus from,flight from,unpeopling