| evacuation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. emptying, evacuation, voidance | the act of removing the contents of something. |
| ~ remotion, removal | the act of removing.; "he had surgery for the removal of a malignancy" |
| ~ drain, drainage | emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it. |
| n. (act) | 2. evacuation | the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection. |
| ~ withdrawal | the act of withdrawing.; "the withdrawal of French troops from Vietnam" |
| ~ medevac, medical evacuation, medivac | the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care. |
| ~ dunkerque, dunkirk | an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire. |
| n. (process) | 3. elimination, evacuation, excreting, excretion, voiding | the bodily process of discharging waste matter. |
| ~ defecation, laxation, shitting | the elimination of fecal waste through the anus. |
| ~ expelling, discharge, emission | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.; "the discharge of pus" |
| ~ incontinence, incontinency | involuntary urination or defecation. |
| ~ micturition, urination | the discharge of urine. |
| flee | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. flee, fly, take flight | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ stampede | run away in a stampede. |
| ~ abscond, absquatulate, go off, make off, run off, decamp, bolt | run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" |
| ~ elope, run off | run away secretly with one's beloved.; "The young couple eloped and got married in Las Vegas" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| ~ fly the coop, head for the hills, hightail it, lam, run away, scarper, scat, take to the woods, turn tail, run, bunk, break away, escape | flee; take to one's heels; cut and run.; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" |
| ~ high-tail | retreat at full speed.; "The actress high-tailed to her villa when reporters began to follow her to the restaurant" |
| ~ defect, desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.; "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot" |
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