Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Serving or tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Serving of tending to evacuate; cathartic; purgative.
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- adjective That causes
evacuation ;cathartic ;purgative
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Examples
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I think they should be daily, and fully evacuative, while the entrenched interests are pushing for "virtual drills" on a semiannual basis, to consist of sitting at one's desk "in a highly alert state of mind."
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We got out before the mad evacuative rush of people trying to escape Hurricane Dean.
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We got out before the mad evacuative rush of people trying to escape Hurricane Dean.
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