Evacuation synonyms

ĭ-văk'yo͝o-ā'shən
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draining
The practice of exploring drains, tunnels, or sewers
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discharge
(Medicine) the act of releasing an inpatient from hospital
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expulsion
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
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abandonment
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
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retreat
The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
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clearing (related)
An area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees.
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exodus
The second of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible, the second book in the Torah describing the Exodus.
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removal
Dismissal from an office or position
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departure (related)
The definition of a departure is a deviation, or the act of leaving or starting on a trip.
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elimination
(Mathematics) The act of causing a quantity to disappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.
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excretion
The elimination by an organism of waste products that result from metabolic processes. In plants, waste is minimal and is eliminated primarily by diffusion to the outside environment. Animals have specific organs of excretion. In vertebrates, the kidney filters blood, conserving water and producing urea and other waste products in the form of urine. The urine is then passed through the ureters to the bladder and discharged through the urethra. The skin and lungs, which eliminate carbon dioxide, are also excretory organs.
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purgation
The act of purging
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catharsis
The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.
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keep (related)
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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emptying
The act by which something is emptied.
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voidance
Vacancy, as of a benefice
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excreting
the bodily process of discharging waste matter
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voiding
That which is voided; that which is ejected or evacuated; a remnant; a fragment.
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emergency (related)
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emergency-response (related)
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airlift (related)
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fire-fighting (related)
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evacuate (related)
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firefight (related)
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casevac (related)
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