Meaning of EVACUATION
| Pronunciation: | | i`vakyoo'eyshun
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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
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EVACUATION is a 10 letter word that starts with E. |
| | Synonyms: | | elimination, emptying, excreting, excretion, voidance, voiding |
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| | See Also: | | defecation, discharge, drain, drainage, Dunkerque, Dunkirk, emission, expelling, incontinence, incontinency, laxation, medevac, medical evacuation, medivac, micturition, remotion, removal, shitting, urination, withdrawal | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming of an evacuation, suggests that you are isolating yourself and holding back your emotions.
Dreaming that you are in a town that has been evacuated indicates that you are feeling rejected by those around you. You are feeling unaccepted. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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