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Synonyms for exodus
ˈɛk sə dəsex·o·dus
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Princeton's WordNet
exodus, hegira, hejiranoun
a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
Exodus, Book of Exodusnoun
the second book of the Old Testament: tells of the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt led by Moses; God gave them the Ten Commandments and the rest of Mosaic law on Mount Sinai during the Exodus
Dictionary of English Synonymes
exodusnoun
Synonyms:
departure (from a country)
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "exodus":
out-migration, outflow, depopulation, outmigration, drain, emigration, flight, migration, displacement, brain
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2061 | flight | |
#2386 | brain | |
#5267 | migration | |
#8539 | drain | |
#12691 | displacement | |
#13175 | exodus | |
#28247 | outflow | |
#29214 | emigration | |
#112074 | depopulation | |
#222298 | outmigration |
How to use exodus in a sentence?
We had a mass exodus of seasoned, senior people going to the private sector, so the state's economic development arm was out of commission for a long time.
It’s not a mass exodus by any means. I’d say maybe a quarter of the building has left.
Over the summer, we're going to see a pretty big mass exodus.
But scaling back now will crush the hopes of millions of Somalis, endanger peace and security in the Horn of Africa and East Africa, bolster violent extremism globally and risk a renewed exodus of refugees, reducing effort should not be an option.
If we look around the country and see a huge exodus of election officials because they are tired of being yelled at by the Big Lie supporters, what's going to happen to those empty seats ? if we have a thousand people of bad faith get into those offices, then we are kind of in trouble.
Translations for exodus
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- هجرة جماعيةArabic
- изселванеBulgarian
- exodusCzech
- udvandringDanish
- ExodusGerman
- έξοδος πλήθους, έξοδοςGreek
- eliroEsperanto
- éxodoSpanish
- مهاجرتPersian
- maastamuutto, eksodusFinnish
- exodeFrench
- éigipteachIrish
- एक्सोदेसHindi
- kivonulásHungarian
- ելքArmenian
- KeluaranIndonesian
- esodoItalian
- יציאהHebrew
- 出国, 退去Japanese
- ನಿರ್ಗಮನKannada
- 탈Korean
- exitumLatin
- uittocht, exodusDutch
- exodusNorwegian
- exodusPolish
- êxodoPortuguese
- exodRomanian
- исход, исхо́дRussian
- egzódusSerbo-Croatian
- éksodusSlovene
- utvandringSwedish
- யாத்திராகமம்Tamil
- ఎక్సోడస్Telugu
- อพยพThai
- gTurkish
- результатUkrainian
- خارجہUrdu
- cuộc di cưVietnamese
- exodusYiddish
- 出埃及记Chinese
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