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exodus

noun

NAmE//ˈɛksədəs//

[singular] exodus (from…) (to…) (formal or humorous)

a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time the mass exodus from New York City to the beach in the summer The play was so awful that there was a general exodus from the theater at the intermission.

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