English noun: evacuation |
1. | evacuation (act) the act of removing the contents of something |
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| Synonyms | emptying, voidance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | remotion, removal |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | drain, drainage |
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2. | evacuation (act) the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection |
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| Broader (hypernym) | withdrawal |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | medevac, medical evacuation, medivac |
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| Instance hyponym | Dunkerque, Dunkirk |
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3. | evacuation (process) the bodily process of discharging waste matter |
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| Synonyms | elimination, excreting, excretion, voiding |
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| Broader (hypernym) | discharge, emission, expelling |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | defecation, incontinence, incontinency, laxation, micturition, shitting, urination |
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