| an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire | the act of removing the contents of something |
| a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II | the act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion; especially for protection |
| a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat | the bodily process of discharging waste matter |