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   E·vac·u·a·tion

   /iˌvakyəˈwāSH(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 frompullout 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 colorless" Similar bowel movement/motionstoolsexcrementexcretafecesbodily 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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