"devacuation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: devacuations [plural]
Etymology: From de- + vacuation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|de-|vacuation}} de- + vacuation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} devacuation (countable and uncountable, plural devacuations)
  1. Loss or removal of vacuum (“reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere”). Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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