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exodus

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"Mass departure"

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6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɛksədəs/Part of speech nounSorted deosuxStarts with EEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin Exodus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔξοδος (Éxodos), from ἔξοδος (éxodos, “departure”), from ἐξ- (ex-, “out”) + ὁδός (hodós, “path, road”).

Used in a sentence

  • At 18ʰ00′, 21 minutes before sunset, the migrants started to depart in waves as already described for other exodi; […]
  • Further, rural exodus, especially among young generations who refuse to engage themselves in hard, misremunerated agricultural work, is also a cause of the current crisis.

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