evacuation
1. the act of removing the contents of something (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
emptying, voidance
• Derivationally related forms:
evacuate, void (for: voidance), empty (for: emptying)
• Hypernyms:
removal, remotion
• Hyponyms:
drain, drainage
2. the act of evacuating;
leaving a place in an orderly fashion;
especially for protection (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
evacuate
• Hypernyms:
withdrawal
• Hyponyms:
medical evacuation, medevac, medivac
• Instance Hyponyms:
Dunkirk, Dunkerque
3. the bodily process of discharging waste matter
• Syn:
elimination, excretion, excreting, voiding
• Derivationally related forms:
void (for: voiding), excrete (for: excreting), excrete (for: excretion), evacuate, eliminate (for: elimination)
• Hypernyms:
discharge, emission, expelling
• Hyponyms:
defecation, laxation, shitting, incontinence, incontinency,
micturition, urination
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