What's the difference between evacuation and nullification?

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.

Nullification


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) As the court of appeal explained: "What is required is a real risk of a breach of the principles of a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 which is 'so fundamental as to amount to a nullification, or destruction of the very essence, of the right guaranteed by that article'."
  • (2) On the legal system… Jury nullification is a right that Americans have had since the 18th century.
  • (3) In the relatively near future, standardising the methodology of linkage and association studies, and even the application of other more complex methods of analysis should lead to the nullification or confirmation of the presence of such factors on the short arm of chromosome 11 and on the long arm of the X chromosome, and should lead to the systematic detection of their presence on the entire genome.
  • (4) Summarized are the significance of fasting in Islam, the rules and regulations of fasting, types of fasting, nullification of fasting, and food practices and habits of Muslims during the fasting month of Ramadan.
  • (5) The nullification by carbon and nitrogen substrates of F. solani and A. flavus inhibition caused by soil volatiles parallels that for soil fungistasis.
  • (6) Its nullification or disturbance by the section and re-anastomosis procedure could generate the antral ulcer and other histologic changes (increase of the "G" cells, hyperplasia of the parietal, ECL and "A like" cells) by one or various hypothetical ways: 1.
  • (7) Whether nullification of such changes has long-term effects in reducing the incidence of vascular disease in diabetics remains to be established.
  • (8) And in the event of the nullification of any one of the conditions or lack of their provision, it is not allowed for the imam to enter the ummah and the Muslims into dubious bonds that oppress the ummah and the fate of its development.
  • (9) Binding of C9 to EAC1-8 occurred in a few minutes even at 0 degrees C. Trypsinization of EAC1-9 prepared and held at low temperature resulted in nullification of the potential hemolysis of these cells.
  • (10) Nullification of glucose active transport was not achieved by any of the DNP essayed concentrations.
  • (11) An angry White House statement on Tuesday night said the judge’s ruling facilitated “the dangerous and unlawful nullification of federal law in an attempt to erase our borders”.

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