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n. 1 (context military English) The process of exiting an area (usually behind enemy lines or in enemy territory). 2 (context civil engineering English) A method for managing storm water runoff. 3 (context sciences English) A filtering out (usually movement of a substance through a barrier). 4 (context biology English) A gradual movement of a substance to exterior (as through cell membrane to extracellular fluid or medium). 5 (context computing English) Covert extraction of data.
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Exfiltration, an antonym for infiltration, may stand for:
- The same as extraction (military) (also exfil)
- A method for managing stormwater runoff
- An air escape from a building, see ventilation (architecture)
- Data theft, unauthorized release of data from within a computer system or network
Usage examples of "exfiltration".
We think a launch from the destroyer at the ten-mile limit, then the IBS boats for the last two miles will give us a silent approach and exfiltration as well.
General Smith allowed as how he had an exfiltration in the works that would be of keen interest to me and mine.
A fellow you said you worked with in Shanghai on a particularly sensitive exfiltration case.
Wild West nature of the area to help with the exfiltration efforts he had planned.
Phase 6 will be the exfiltration, or resupply and re tasking Then, for each phase, I would go into the detail of how we were going to do it.
Since the weather had put a stop to a quick exfiltration, the next destination would be a secure area like the U.
Call General Harris down at the 331st Expeditionary Air Group and tell him the fireworks are about to start in Tikrit and remind him that the contingency plan calls for his F-15s and -16s to fly cover for the exfiltration.