Word Meanings - EVACUATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution

Additional info about word: EVACUATION

1. The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging. Specifically: Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc. Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means. 2. That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means. Quincy. 3. Abolition; nullification. Hooker. Evacuation day, the anniversary of the day on which the British army evacuated the city of New York, November 25, 1783.

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• TROOPSHIP
  A vessel built or fitted for the conveyance of troops; a transport.
• OPENNESS
  The quality or state of being open.
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• NATURALIST
  1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• NATURAL STEEL
  Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
• SPECIFICALLY
  In a specific manner.
• OPEN SEA
  A sea open to all nations. See Mare clausum.
• CLEAR-HEADED
  Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.
• WITHDRAWAL
  The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding.
• NATURAL
  Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1. (more info)
• NATURALIZE
  1. To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study. 2. To confer the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen on; to make as if native; to adopt, as a foreigner into a nation or state, and place in the condition of
• CLEAR-SIGHTEDNESS
  Acute discernment.
• VOIDANCE
  A ejection from a benefice. 3. The state of being void; vacancy, as of a benefice which is without an incumbent. 4. Evasion; subterfuge. Bacon. (more info) 1. The act of voiding, emptying, ejecting, or evacuating.
• OPEN
  1. Free of access; not shut up; not closed; affording unobstructed ingress or egress; not impeding or preventing passage; not locked up or covered over; -- applied to passageways; as, an open door, window, road, etc.; also, to inclosed structures
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• EMPTYING
  The lees of beer, cider, etc.; yeast. (more info) 1. The act of making empty. Shak. 2. pl.
• CLEAR-SEEING
  Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.
• ARTIFICIALITY
  The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.
• NATURALNESS
  The state or quality of being natural; conformity to nature.
• SUPERNATURALNESS
  The quality or state of being supernatural.
• PROPENE
  See PROPYLENE
• PRETERNATURALITY
  Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
• PROPENSE
  Leaning toward, in a moral sense; inclined; disposed; prone; as, women propense to holiness. Hooker. -- Pro*pense"ly, adv. -- Pro*pense"ness, n.
• POLYNUCLEAR
  Containing many nuclei.
• SUPERNATURAL
  Being beyond, or exceeding, the power or laws of nature; miraculous. Syn. -- Preternatural. -- Supernatural, Preternatural. Preternatural signifies beside nature, and supernatural, above or beyond nature. What is very greatly aside from the ordinary
• SUPERNATURALISM
  The doctrine of a divine and supernatural agency in the production of the miracles and revelations recorded in the Bible, and in the grace which renews and sanctifies men, -- in opposition to the doctrine which denies the agency of any other than