evacuación

/ebakwaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

emptying

🚪🏃 e- (out) + vacuus (empty) = making a place empty by going out

From Latin evacuare: e- 'out' + vacuus 'empty'. Same root as English vacuum and vacant. A building gets emptied of people (evacuation), and a body gets emptied of waste (defecation).

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