asanace
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Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sānātiō (“healing, curing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
asanace f
- Modification or removal of buildings or whole city blocks, mainly for reasons of public hygiene
- Na přelomu 19. a 20. století probíhala rozsáhlá asanace a přestavba pražského židovského města.
- At the turn of the 20th century, extensive demolition and reconstruction of Prague's Jewish Quarter was undertaken.
- Environmental remediation measures
- asanace skládky
- landfill remediation
Declension[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
In the first sense, the word is mostly used in connection with the renovation of the Prague Jewish Quarter.
Akce Asanace was the cover name of a Czechoslovak secret police operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s the goal of which was the expulsion of leading dissidents out of the country.