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adjective

as in empty

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verb

past tense of empty
as in evacuated
to remove the contents of empty the room before starting to paint the ceiling

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Recent Examples of emptied
Adjective
Videos online showed buses easily gliding through emptied lanes. — John Surico, Curbed, 24 July 2026 Is The Vivisectors disparaging this sort of ’emptied’ novel, or attempting to give it newfound spiritual relevance? — Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 Combine equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle and liberally spray the emptied interior shelves, drawers, bins, and walls. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 Maybe reaching patriotic Judeo-Christian nirvana should feel like the unbearable lightness of an emptied mind. — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2026 Bit by bit, Rachel moved her belongings back into her emptied home in Richmond. — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
One kind of firework sounds as though the sky just emptied its digital trash. — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026 The benches emptied for both teams, but calm was restored a couple minutes later. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026 During that time, the silent microscopic enemy emptied the streets, turning them into a film set from which the cameras had fled. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026 More recently, gang violence has emptied out entire neighborhoods as more Haitians have fled both within the country and abroad to Canada and the United States. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 Back at the Red Bull team bus, moments after the stage finish, two soigneurs emptied an ice-bath. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026 Once home to thousands of sailors and their families, the island emptied after the base closed in 1997. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 20 July 2026 The location sold more than 7,000 pints of Boston Lager, emptied 99 kegs and two full tanks—the equivalent of another 30 kegs—and required five emergency deliveries to keep up. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 July 2026 After the concrete basin was emptied, cleaned and dried, the Reflecting Pool was painted in sections. — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
  1. empty
  2. evacuated
  3. unoccupied
  4. cleared
  5. vacant
  6. cleaned
  7. navigable
  8. drained
Adjective
  • Lush green grass isn’t possible in all areas of your yard, which is why groundcovers come in handy to fill in those empty spaces.
    — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 3 Aug. 2026
  • More likely, the milk, eggs and seafood aisles will go empty in a hurry.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of empty
Verb
  • More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the region, including more than 250 rescued by boats from beaches in the area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • At least 60,000 people have been evacuated from the Spokane, Washington, area as wildfires fueled by strong winds and dry conditions destroyed hundreds of buildings and knocked out power across the region, officials said.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of evacuated
Adjective
  • Lackey was charged with unarmed burglary of an unoccupied conveyance, criminal mischief and interruption of critical infrastructure, according to the booking report.
    — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The brick building was unoccupied at the time, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of unoccupied
Verb
  • Stagnant smoke dropped air quality this week in the Pacific Northwest until winds Thursday and Friday cleared the worst of it from western locations, like Seattle and Portland, Oregon.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Once the ground is cleared and loosened, work in a layer of topsoil, compost, or fertilizer before laying down seed.
    — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • Beshear has no authority, secretary of state says The dispute centers on who gets to decide how a vacant Kentucky Senate seat is filled.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Another is expected to open soon at a vacant East Palo Alto campus.
    — Kate Sequeira, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of vacant
Verb
  • At present, most satellite data is sent back to Earth before it is cleaned, sorted and analyzed.
    — Martin Halliwell, Space.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Dryer Lint Screen The lint trap or screen in your dryer should be cleaned on a regular basis.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
Adjective
  • For its part, the Westmoreland Museum of Art utilized its partnership with Art Bridges to develop the Art Maze, an interactive installation that transformed the museum’s Cantilever Galleries into a navigable labyrinth painted by local artists.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Which Power 4 teams have the most (or least) navigable schedules?
    — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of navigable
Verb
  • Like so many baseball executives this time of the year, Harris looked drained.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The missteps left stores understaffed and drained the company of the financial firepower needed to invest in upgrading them.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of drained

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