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exodus

/ˈɛksədəs/noun3 syllables

Exodus means: a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment.

Synonyms for exodus3

noun, as in a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment

hegira, hejira

noun, as in 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

Book of Exodus

What does exodus mean?2

noun

1

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

2

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Exodus in a sentence

  • The rural exodus depopulated entire villages in this region of Germany.jhomel
  • Spain's countryside is suffering a slow demise after the long exodus of its rural population.Hybrid
  • There was a mass exodus of Malian Tuaregs to Algeria.Amastan
  • Maybe unbanning Nazis isn't the right way to replace the massive exodus from your site.shekitten

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Forms of exodus

as a noun

plural
exoduses