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nounthe bodily process of discharging waste matter
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nounthe act of removing the contents of something
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nounthe act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protectiontype of:
Definition that contains evacuation
- enema an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
- constipation irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels; can be a symptom of intestinal obstruction or diverticulitis
- constipated have difficult or incomplete or infrequent evacuation of the bowels
- laxative stimulating evacuation of feces
- medevac the evacuation of persons (usually by air transportation) to a place where they can receive medical care
- cathartic a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- 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
- dunkirk a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
- physic a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels
- catharsis purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels