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evacuation
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As a noun, evacuation means the act of evacuating.
Meanings of evacuation
8 meaningsnoun
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
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.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
Abolition; nullification.
The act of removing the contents of something
Similar: emptying, voidanceThe bodily process of discharging waste matter
Similar: elimination, excretion, excreting, voiding
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).