evacuation

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: evacuation

1	n	the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
2	n	the act of removing the contents of something

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: evacuation

Examples:: Dunkerque
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

Types:: medevac, medical evacuation, medivac
the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care

Types:: drain, drainage
emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

Types:: show 13 types...; hide 13 types...; defecation, laxation, shitting
the elimination of fecal waste through the anus; incontinence, incontinency
involuntary urination or defecation; micturition, urination
the discharge of urine; bm, bowel movement, movement
a euphemism for defecation; enuresis, urinary incontinence
inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination; haematochezia, hematochezia
passage of stools containing blood (as from diverticulosis or colon cancer or peptic ulcer); leak, making water, passing water, wetting
a euphemism for urination; lithuresis
passing small stones with the urine; nocturia, nycturia
excessive urination at night; especially common in older men; oliguria
production of an abnormally small amount of urine; pee, peeing, piss, pissing
informal terms for urination; dump, shit
a coarse term for defecation; urochesia, urochezia
passage of urine from the anus

Type of:: discharge, emission, expelling
any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

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