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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
At a Franprix on Rue Beaurepaire near Place de la République, shelves were emptied and products were either stolen or crushed on the floor. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Four minutes after the hit initially took place, the Falcons’ bench emptied. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026 When applied perfectly, the stoma emptied directly into the bag and didn’t leak. — Joe Manganiello, HollywoodReporter, 8 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
  1. empty
  2. evacuated
  3. unoccupied
  4. cleared
  5. vacant
  6. cleaned
  7. navigable
  8. drained
Adjective
  • None of the ballistic missiles that slammed Kyiv overnight into Thursday were intercepted – an indicator that Patriot stocks are still empty or critically low.
    — Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Phishing email and empty ring boxes Vardon’s article was primarily about how Knicks assistant coaches did not get rings on Tuesday when the team raised its first league championship banner since 1973.
    — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of empty
Verb
  • San Clemente coach Jaime Ortiz said player families have been evacuated because of the Norte Fire.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) said Wednesday that all 21 crew members were evacuated safely with no injuries reported.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 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
  • Portugal’s attorney general ended the investigation in July 2008, and the McCanns were cleared as suspects.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Or calling in sick from work even when the doctor cleared you to return in the new year.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • The television ad begins with a dark video of an empty swing and the faint sound of children’s voices in the background, then shifts to footage of vacant pews inside a church.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The presidency in this Caribbean nation of 12 million has been vacant since the 2021 assassination of Jovenel Moïse.
    — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of vacant
Verb
  • There is accumulation of food residue on some of the equipment that has not been cleaned recently such as refrigerators and prep table.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • The Lowman Ranger District did not respond to questions about how frequently the site’s bathrooms are cleaned or trash is removed.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 19 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
  • But Jess Ralston, a senior energy analyst at Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, a non profit focused on climate change, said that 90% of the oil and gas has already been drained from the North Sea basin.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Salvador has treated patients whose infections formed pockets of pus that had to be drained to protect their vision.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of drained

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