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Another word for evacuation

Noun

  1. The act or process of discharging bodily wastes or foreign substances

    2. See also:

    keep

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Another word for evacuation

Noun

  1. Removal

    2. See also:

    removal

    clearing

  2. Withdrawal

    3. See also:

    departure

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Sentence Examples

  • I just issued the evacuation order for those remaining.

  • The evacuation of Crete by the four protecting powers was followed in 1909 by renewed agitation.

  • A'Ran closed the connection and checked the evacuation progress.

  • One result of the Russo-Japanese War was the evacuation of Manchuria by the Russians, which, after the conclusion of peace in 1905, was handed over by Japan to China.

  • But the Turkish reform movement of 1908 seemed to promise a revival of Ottoman power, which might in time have enabled the Turks to demand the promised evacuation, and thus to reap all the ultimate benefits of the Austrian administration.

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