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Evacuation

Evacuation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Evacuation? [n] the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection [n] the act of removing the contents of something [n] the bodily process of discharging waste matter Synonyms \| Synonyms for Evacuation: elimination \| emptying \| excreting \| excretion \| voidance \| voiding Related Terms \| Find terms related to Evacuation: abandonment \| absentation \| bloody flux \| BM \| bowel movement \| casting away \| catharsis \| cessation \| cleaning out \| clearance \| clearing \| crap \| decampment \| defecation \| dejection \| departure \| depletion \| desuetude \| diarrhea \| discharging cargo \| disuse \| drainage \| draining \| dysentery \| egress \| elimination \| emptying \| escape \| excretion \| exhausting \| exhaustion \| exit \| exodus \| flight \| flux \| forsaking \| getaway \| going \| hegira \| jettison \| jettisoning \| leaving \| lientery \| loose bowels \| movement \| off-loading \| parting \| passing \| pulling out \| purgation \| purge \| removal \| retirement \| retreat \| runs \| shit \| shits \| stool \| throwing overboard \| trots \| turistas \| unloading \| venting \| voidance \| voiding \| walkout \| withdrawal See Also \| defecation \| discharge \| drain \| drainage \| Dunkerque \| Dunkirk \| emission \| expelling \| incontinence \| incontinency \| laxation \| medevac \| medical evacuation \| medivac \| micturition \| remotion \| removal \| shitting \| urination \| withdrawal Evacuation In Webster's Dictionary \Evac`ua"tion\, n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F. ['e]vacuation.] 1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. (b) (Med.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. 2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. --Quincy. 3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] --Hooker. {Evacuation day}, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

Evacuation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Evacuation?

[n] the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
[n] the act of removing the contents of something
[n] the bodily process of discharging waste matter

Evacuation In Webster's Dictionary

\E*vac`u*a"tion\, n. [L. evacuatio: cf. F.
['e]vacuation.]
1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or
   discharging. Specifically:
   (a) (Mil.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress,
       etc.
   (b) (Med.) Voidance of any matter by the natural passages
       of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation;
       also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by
       cathartics, venesection, or other means.

2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a
   discharge by stool or other natural means. --Quincy.

3. Abolition; nullification. [Obs.] --Hooker.

{Evacuation day}, the anniversary of the day on which the
   British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25,
   1783.

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