- emptying, voidance, evacuation - the act of removing the contents of something
--1 is a kind of removal, remotion
--1 has particulars: drain, drainageDerived forms: verb evacuate2, verb evacuate5 - evacuation - the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection
--2 is a kind of withdrawal
--2 has particulars:medical evacuation, medevac, medivac; Dunkirk, Dunkerque Derived forms: verb evacuate1, verb evacuate3 - elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding - the bodily process of discharging waste matter
--3 is a kind of discharge, emission, expelling
--3 has particulars:defecation, laxation, shitting; incontinence, incontinency; micturition, urination Derived form: verb evacuate5