What's the difference between evacuation and exodus?

Evacuation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging.
  • (n.) Withdrawal of troops from a town, fortress, etc.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
  • (n.) Abolition; nullification.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
  • (2) Midtrimester abortion by the dilatation and evacuation (D&E) method has generated controversy among health care providers; many authorities insist that this procedure should be performed only by a small group of experts.
  • (3) A therapeutic approach is suggested which emphasizes specific antibiotic regimens appropriate to the primary site of infection and prompt neurosurgical intervention with evacuation of the subdural spaces bilaterally.
  • (4) Today we have evacuated six bodies from inside the fuselage,” Supriyadi said on Friday.
  • (5) This is what President Carter did when he raised the spectre of terminating US military assistance if Israel did not immediately evacuate Lebanon in September 1977.
  • (6) This may be due to changes in the gastroduodenal pressure gradient induced by evacuating the stomach.
  • (7) We conclude that these good results are due to the short interval between accident and operation as well as to the evacuation of the intraarticular hematoma, together with a stable internal fixation and functional rehabilitation.
  • (8) "We began planning to evacuate, and took 55 people to the annexe," said Hicks.
  • (9) One patient required evacuation and open packing of the right upper quadrant and lower right hemithorax.
  • (10) The Bosnian leadership in Sarajevo warned the UN on 8 July that “genocide against the civilian population of Srebrenica may occur” but did not call for evacuation.
  • (11) Cavernous hemangiomas of the brain stem are usually discovered accidentally during evacuation of a hematoma, and successful surgical treatment of these lesions is seldom achieved.
  • (12) Total bacterial counts, nitrate-reducing bacteria and nitrite concentration were determined in fasting gastric juice before and after 4 weeks of treatment with a strong or with a mild antacid drug, a placebo preparation and the spasmolytic agent papaverine which is known to inhibit gastric evacuation.
  • (13) The postoperative CT images show successful evacuation of the hematoma, and the clinical evaluation also showed satisfactory results.
  • (14) A removable, stainless-steel tube is present around the heated area, and this particular configuration makes it possible to begin every combustion procedure from room temperature, and consequently, to achieve a complete evacuation of air from the line even for heat-labile samples.
  • (15) Allen's team has used the new technique to work out whether global warming worsened the UK floods in autumn 2000, which inundated 10,000 properties, disrupted power supplies and led to train services being cancelled, motorways closed and 11,000 people evacuated from their homes - at a total cost of £1bn.
  • (16) This series suggests that patients with cerebral amyloid angiopathy may safely undergo operative procedures, and patients presenting with intracerebral hemorrhage may show neurologic improvement following evacuation of the hematoma.
  • (17) In contrast to the broad coverage of the clinical aspects of the aeromedical evacuation, the operational and management control issues have rarely been addressed.
  • (18) Subdural hematomas were evacuated in 41 newborns during the first 4 days after birth.
  • (19) Simultaneous opening of the dura mater on both sides with slow evacuation of the contents of the hematomas is an important stage of surgical intervention in BTSH.
  • (20) The evacuation of breakfast with butter was inhibited almost to the same degree.

Exodus


Definition:

  • (n.) A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place.
  • (n.) The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The protests have sparked an exodus of Chinese nationals, many of whom have fled to neighbouring countries or further.
  • (2) A bit like the old Lib Dems, perhaps: and indeed the Greens owe a big chunk of their surge to the exodus of voters from Clegg’s discredited rump.
  • (3) More than 50,000 civilians have joined a growing exodus from east Aleppo, a human rights monitor has said, as the UN security council prepares to hold emergency talks on fighting in the Syrian city.
  • (4) The addition of NH4+ or CH3NH3+ induced a rapid exodus of intracellular 86Rb+, an analog which was able to substitute for K+.
  • (5) Sunday's exodus further partitions the country, a process that has been under way since January, when a Muslim rebel government gave up power nearly a year after overthrowing the president of a decade.
  • (6) Brain drain, the exodus of highly trained professionals from developing countries to better paying jobs in the developed world, threatens the structure of community health care in those developing countries.
  • (7) This concept has huge implications, in particular the need to redress the balance of two generations' legacy of car-based planning: the devastating effect on our inner city areas - which have seen a mass exodus to the suburbs - cannot be ignored.
  • (8) White House faces exodus of foreign policy experts ahead of Trump's arrival Read more Obama also said he told Putin to “cut it out” – a month before the first release of hacked Democratic party emails by WikiLeaks.
  • (9) Unless we cut the red tape, the exodus will continue to the point of unsustainability.
  • (10) The exodus followed clashes in Assam in recent weeks between members of the indigenous Bodo tribe and Muslims that left more than 50 deaths and left 400,000 in displacement camps.
  • (11) Initial rates of AIB entry and exodus increased with increases in the pH of the incubation medium over the range 6.5-8.0.
  • (12) An exodus of glycogen granules into the hepatic spaces of Disse and sinusoids suggests that the viruses have injured the plasma membranes as well as the mitochondria of hepatocytes.
  • (13) The exodus is being led by young people, who are abandoning ageing towns and villages that were afflicted by economic decline and depopulation long before the disaster.
  • (14) Amnesty International has called it "ethnic cleansing" and warned of a " Muslim exodus of historic proportions ".
  • (15) People don’t understand trade policies,” said José Arroyo, who has been working with the United Steelworkers to stem the exodus of Democratic voters around Youngstown, an Ohio city surrounded by abandoned, crumbling factories.
  • (16) The exodus began as Isis fighters seized control of 60 Kurdish villages near the border in a two-day campaign as they approach the town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab.
  • (17) On Monday Netflix reported that 810,000 subscribers had left the business in the third quarter and said the customer exodus is set to continue until December.
  • (18) Its head, Angela Knight, today reiterated City fears over a banking exodus.
  • (19) Titled Exodus, Scott's film will feature Christian Bale as the Jewish seer who leads the children of Israel out of Egypt to freedom in the promised land of Canaan.
  • (20) The campaign to oust Isis from Mosul could trigger an exodus of up to a million civilians into Iraqi Kurdistan, and risks overwhelming a region already strained to “near breaking point” by multiple crises, internal government documents seen by the Observer reveal.