About The Word Evacuation

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Evacuation

Evacuation Definition And Meaning |
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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 \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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