Both Uses of
exodus
in
Gone with the Wind
- But when shells began falling in the streets for the first time, they fled to the cellars, and that night the exodus of women, children and old people from the city began.†
Chpt 3.18
- All that prevented a wholesale exodus was India's whispered message: "Captain Butler says not to run.†
Chpt 4.46 *
Definition:
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(exodus) a departure by a lot of peopleeditor's notes: When used as a proper noun (capitalized), "Exodus" typically references the second book of the Old Testament or the story it includes about the departure of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.