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evacuator

American  
[ih-vak-yoo-ey-ter] / ɪˈvæk yuˌeɪ tər /

noun

  1. a person or thing that evacuates.

  2. Medicine/Medical. an instrument for removing impacted feces from the rectum.

Etymology

Origin of evacuator

First recorded in 1605–15; evacuate + -or 2

Example Sentences

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A "combat emplacement evacuator" is a splendidly resonant euphemism for a shovel, but somehow it has never caught on.

From Time Magazine Archive

Let us be indulgent to the evacuator nor disparage his eccentric wardrobe.

From The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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