evacuation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | withdrawal, |
| definition | : | the act of withdrawing (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | medevac, medical evacuation, medivac, |
| definition | : | the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | dunkerque, dunkirk, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
2. the act of removing the contents of something (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | drain, drainage, |
| definition | : | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it (noun.act) |
3. the bodily process of discharging waste matter (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | discharge, emission, expelling, |
| definition | : | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body (noun.process) |
4. the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection (noun.act)
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | move out of an unsafe location into safety (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | move people from their homes or country (verb.motion) |
5. the act of removing the contents of something (noun.act)
| derivation | : | empty, evacuate, void, |
| definition | : | excrete or discharge from the body (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | empty completely (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | empty, |
| definition | : | make void or empty of contents (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | empty, |
| definition | : | remove (verb.contact) |
6. the bodily process of discharging waste matter (noun.process)
| derivation | : | empty, evacuate, void, |
| definition | : | excrete or discharge from the body (verb.body) |
7. the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection (noun.act)
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | move out of an unsafe location into safety (verb.motion) |
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | move people from their homes or country (verb.motion) |
8. the act of removing the contents of something (noun.act)
| derivation | : | empty, evacuate, void, |
| definition | : | excrete or discharge from the body (verb.body) |
| derivation | : | evacuate, |
| definition | : | empty completely (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | empty, |
| definition | : | make void or empty of contents (verb.change) |
| derivation | : | empty, |
| definition | : | remove (verb.contact) |
9. the bodily process of discharging waste matter (noun.process)
| derivation | : | empty, evacuate, void, |
| definition | : | excrete or discharge from the body (verb.body) |
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