empty of
idiom
: completely without (something)
The arena was empty of spectators.
The streets are now empty of traffic.
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Most of these are now empty of water and off-limits, leading to some complaints that the site no longer lives up to photographs that show it in years gone by.
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Following this mass extinction, the oceans were largely empty of competitors but rich in food.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
These days, things are pretty bleak at the old mall, which has many vacancies, is startlingly empty of shoppers and appears slated for redevelopment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Even more so an Indian in a village in France that was entirely empty of other Indians, especially Indians of the same class who would undo your poise, shine a light upon your shame, your lies.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
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Barry Neild, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Following this mass extinction, the oceans were largely empty of competitors but rich in food.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
These days, things are pretty bleak at the old mall, which has many vacancies, is startlingly empty of shoppers and appears slated for redevelopment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Even more so an Indian in a village in France that was entirely empty of other Indians, especially Indians of the same class who would undo your poise, shine a light upon your shame, your lies.
—Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Empty of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20of. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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