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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
When applied perfectly, the stoma emptied directly into the bag and didn’t leak. — Joe Manganiello, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 By the end of Monday night, Caesars Superdome had largely emptied, and the vast majority of remaining seats were filled with fans donning red. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026 The pandemic, which emptied offices in 2020, deepened WeWork’s troubles. — Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026 Only once the Buffs emptied offensive coordinator Brennan Marion’s playbook, there was nothing left to fire at McGuire’s frauds. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026 The machine can continue spewing currency until it is emptied or the operation is interrupted, according to Treasury. — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 As the lot emptied, the brothers stuck around to savor the wine. — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 The stunning turnout testified to the church's enduring influence in France, despite sharp declines in churchgoing in recent decades and secularizing trends that have emptied churches around Europe. — CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
  1. empty
  2. evacuated
  3. unoccupied
  4. cleared
  5. vacant
  6. cleaned
  7. navigable
  8. drained
Adjective
  • The former Cap City Tavern building in Denver has sat empty since leaving its Golden Triangle neighborhood home in July 2025, but that’s about to change.
    — John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • The footage shows a nearly empty parking lot and the property is temporarily closed.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of empty
Verb
  • In Utah, dozens of runners and volunteers who were part of the Moab 240 ultramarathon were evacuated Sunday after being stranded by flooding.
    — JAIMIE DING, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Officials evacuated riders from the roller coaster at the amusement park, video footage posted on social media shows.
    — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of evacuated
Adjective
  • With the help of license plate readers and other investigative efforts, police located the pickup near Clement and Mendocino avenues, which was unoccupied.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • An unoccupied vehicle was stuck on the railroad tracks and was hit by a train, police said.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of unoccupied
Verb
  • Hours after the collapse in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, emergency services spokesperson Bilal Faizi said that everyone trapped beneath the rubble had been pulled out and crews had cleared debris.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Once players were cleared to return to practice after a long break, Dieffenbach routinely ran a route, caught a pass and threw the ball back to the start of the drill.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • The legislation would strengthen the low-income housing tax credit, provide more tax help for first-time buyers and has provisions to encourage conversion of vacant offices and commercial buildings into housing.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Residents in Oxford Circle, Castor Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods have reported rodent issues affecting their homes, yards, businesses, vehicles, vacant properties and neighborhood spaces, the resolution says.
    — Laura Fay, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of vacant
Verb
  • Buckets overflowed with conch and clams, and customers pointed to whole fish on ice to be cleaned and cut for dinner.
    — Sara Rosenthal, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Pictures show the ancient Roman silver denarii after they were carefully cleaned, some bearing portraits and inscriptions.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleaned
Adjective
  • Mousavi also showcased research into constructing a navigable 4D scene from a single-camera recording.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Florsheim’s argument has centered on Wisconsin’s Public Trust Doctrine, which protects public rights in navigable waters and the land beneath them.
    — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of navigable
Verb
  • Following a major eruption in 2018 that partly drained one of the underground lava reservoirs, there were indications that it was being steadily refilled.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Not only that, but the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has been aggressively drained to ease the energy shock.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of drained

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“Emptied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptied. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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