| NOUN | act | evacuation, emptying, voidance | the act of removing the contents of something |
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| act | evacuation | the act of evacuating | |
| process | evacuation, elimination, excretion, excreting, voiding | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
| Sounds | ihvae.kyahwey'shahn; iyvae'kyahwey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of removing the contents of something. | |
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| Synonyms | emptying, voidance | |
| Narrower | drain, drainage | Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it |
| Broader | removal, remotion | The act of removing |
| Spanish | evacuación, vaciado | |
| Catalan | buidatge, evacuació | |
| Verbs | evacuate | excrete or discharge from the body |
| evacuate | empty completely | |
| Meaning | The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection. | |
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| Instances | Dunkirk, Dunkerque | An amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire |
| Narrower | medical evacuation, medevac, medivac | The evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care |
| Broader | withdrawal | The act of withdrawing |
| Spanish | evacuación | |
| Catalan | evacuació | |
| Verbs | evacuate | move people from their homes / homes or country |
| evacuate | move out of an unsafe location into safety | |
| Meaning | The bodily process of discharging waste matter. | |
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| Synonyms | elimination, excretion, excreting, voiding | |
| Narrower | defecation, laxation, shitting | The elimination of fecal waste through the anus |
| incontinence, incontinency | involuntary urination or defecation | |
| micturition, urination | The discharge of urine | |
| Broader | discharge, emission, expelling | Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
| Spanish | defecación, deposición, deyección, evacuación, excreción | |
| Catalan | defecació, dejecció, deposició, ejecció, evacuació, excreció | |
| Verbs | evacuate | excrete or discharge from the body |
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