exodus
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈɛksədəs/
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éxodo
- Thousands have already fled the city in a mass exodus.
- a mass exodus
- a massive exodus
- an exodus of refugees
And what explains the Californian exodus and lack of new arrivals?
- And what explains the Californian exodus and lack of new arrivals?
- I haven't seen this grand exodus from Instagram because they sell our data.
- In some cases, like in France, governments tried to prevent an exodus.
- The loss of reputation at Credit Suisse over the years has led to an exodus of their most talented staff.
- And I think This is why you have seen an exodus of parents leaving public schools, going into private schools or homeschooling.
- San Francisco was the number one exodus during coronavirus.
- But I don't think that is explains the mass, the mass exodus.
- And I can see this country over the next four or five years, I can see there being a huge exodus of indigenous Brits, huge.
- Because of this exodus from Airbnb's, once travel returns, which might take a year or two, there is going to be an opportunity to provide Airbnb's again.
Examples
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Labor Day came and went, bringing with it the return exodus to the city.
Fiction book (1997) -
As soon as the news spread, the exodus of Christians began in proportions that no one could have imagined.
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So an Exodus of some kind must have taken place.
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We start the exodus with men in three points.
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Oh, a general exodus, apparently.
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Or did they all go somewhere else, a great exodus in the middle of the night?
Fiction book (1998) -
After a massive exodus that left most property abandoned, the local economy fell into ruin.
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They say we need to address this exodus of women at its source in terms of helping create jobs.
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The loss of reputation at Credit Suisse over the years has led to an exodus of their most talented staff.
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After the war began, there was a mass exodus of families fleeing the city for their safety.
Synonyms
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4.1
Moving people from a dangerous place to a safer place, for example during a fire
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3.7
Movement of people from one place to another to live there
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7.2
A movement of people leaving a place to live somewhere else
A long journey by many people to escape danger
A long journey people make to escape danger or trouble
Antonyms
Compounds
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5.2
The second Bible book telling how Moses led Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exodus comes from Greek parts ex- 'out' and hodos 'way', so it originally meant a 'way out'. So, an exodus today is a large group of people leaving a place at the same time, like a mass exit after a disaster.