exodus
- noun
- /ˈɛksədəs/
- 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
Moving people from a dangerous place to a safer place, for example during a fire
Movement of people from one place to another to live there
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
The second Bible book telling how Moses led Israelites out of Egypt and received the Ten Commandments
How Large
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.