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   evacuation

   /ɪˌvakjʊˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the action of evacuating a person or a place: "there were waves of evacuation during the blitz" Similar removalclearanceshiftingexpulsionevictiondeportationclearanceemptyingdepopulationabandonmentquittingvacationdesertionleavingforsakingdeparture fromwithdrawal fromretreat frompull-out fromdisappearance fromexodus fromflight fromrare:unpeopling
   • 2. the action of emptying the bowels or another bodily organ: "patients with a feeling of incomplete evacuation" Similar emptying (out)voidancevoidingopeningpurgingdrainage(bowel) movementdefecationurinationvomitingexpulsionejectiondischargeexcretionpassingeliminationvoidancevoidingemptying (out)purgingemptyingdrainingrare:egestionOpposite retention
   • ▪ a quantity of matter discharged from the bowels or another bodily organ: "the evacuations of cholera victims are almost colourless" Similar bowel movement/motionstoolsexcrementexcretafaecesbodily wastedroppingsdungurinevomitrare:feculenceegesta
   • ▪ the action of emptying a container of air, water, or other contents: technical "techniques for evacuation of gas combustion fumes"

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   EVACUATION definition: 1. the act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe: 2. the act or process of…. Learn more.

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   Evacuation definition: the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents.. See examples of EVACUATION used in a sentence.

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   Learn the meaning of evacuation as the act or process of evacuating or discharging something. See examples of evacuation in sentences and word history.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryEVACUATION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Evacuation is the act of moving people from a dangerous place to somewhere safe, or the act or process of emptying something of its contents. Learn more about the meaning, usage and collocations of evacuation with examples from various sources.

6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishEVACUATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. the act or process of evacuating, or the condition of being evacuated; discharge or expulsion, as of contents. 2. Physiology. discharge, as of waste matter through the excretory passages, esp. from the bowels. 3. something evacuated or discharged. 4. the removal of persons or things from an endangered area. 5.

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   An evacuation happens when people are removed from or leave a dangerous place. An approaching hurricane sometimes results in the evacuation of islands and coastal towns.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › evacuationEvacuation - definition of evacuation by The Free Dictionary

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   noun. 1. removal, departure, withdrawal, clearance, flight, expulsion, exodus an evacuation of the city's four million inhabitants. 2. abandonment, withdrawal from, pulling out, moving out, clearance from, vacation from the mass evacuation of Srebrenica.