| 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. |
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