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Relocation   /rilˈoʊkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Relocation

noun
1.
The transportation of people (as a family or colony) to a new settlement (as after an upheaval of some kind).  Synonym: resettlement.
2.
The act of changing your residence or place of business.  Synonym: move.






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"Relocation" Quotes from Famous Books



... pinched and scared, and the two guards who had witnessed his relocation, and they testified to the facts. In vain Rimrock's lawyers orated and thundered or artfully framed up their long questions; it took days to do it, but when the testimony was all in it was apparent that Ike Bray's claim would hold. But this was only the beginning of the ...
— Rimrock Jones • Dane Coolidge

... "the boss" and I crossed the suspension bridge over the canal. A handcar and six husky negroes awaited us, and we were soon bumping away over temporary spurs through the jungle, to strike at length the "relocation" opposite the giant tree near Bas Obispo that marked the ...
— Zone Policeman 88 - A Close Range Study of the Panama Canal and its Workers • Harry A. Franck

... one kind of marriage was as good as another. But he finally said he would wait and take Elsie out to where they could get a license and a minister. This would be immediately after the relocation of the mine and ...
— Bloom of Cactus • Robert Ames Bennet

... a nut tree which fruits on the average of eight out of ten years will continue to do so in the future. Occasionally trees take on an alternate year bearing habit that could be caused from injury, insect or disease damage, or the relocation of plant food. The nut trees on their own roots should do better than when grafted or budded. The compatability of stock and scion is yet to be worked out and any constriction at the union ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting • Various

... had hitherto succeeded in keeping the peace. When the news of the relocation had reached Lee he had at once started to settle the matter with a Winchester, but Melissy, getting news of his intention, had caught up a horse and ridden bareback after him in time to avert by her entreaties a tragedy. For six ...
— Brand Blotters • William MacLeod Raine



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