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emptied

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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
Verb
Interim head coach Doug Christie emptied the bench in layers throughout the fourth quarter while the Magic’s lead hovered around 30 points, and the Kings ultimately lost to Orlando, 121-91. Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2025 Previous looting emptied the burial, but the archaeologists still found some grave goods. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025 Anderson was part of a three-man bench rotation that also included Haywood Highsmith and Davion Mitchell before the Heat emptied its bench late in the lopsided win. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025 Hospitals and schools have been burned and pillaged, and neighborhoods emptied out. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 The young man disappears for weeks, after having emptied his saving accounts. Annika Pham, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025 At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States had those stockpiles, but they were largely emptied out already. Ross Pomeroy, Big Think, 20 Mar. 2025 As the two men argued on Sunday, Whyte’s attacker grabbed a gasoline canister from the food cart and emptied it on the victim before starting the blaze, cops say. Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Mar. 2025 Still, their suction power isn’t as good as other vacuums, and many have to be emptied often. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
Adjective
  • One night at dinner, my daughter whispered to me that the empty bread basket was a bummer.
    Lauren Mechling, Vogue, 19 May 2025
  • Federal judge blocks Trump from carrying out threats to schools over DEI Milwaukee church saw opportunity to plant trees on empty land.
    David Shepardson, USA Today, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • They were evacuated and the fire was extinguished, officials said.
    Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital evacuated the patients from the building after a phone call from someone who identified himself as Israeli security shortly before the attack.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In February 2023, Levy was introduced to his new Santa Rita Jail cellmate, an El Cerrito man named Yuri Brand who was in jail for allegedly spending two days in a Piedmont resident’s unoccupied home, when the homeowner was away.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 May 2025
  • Advertisements are constantly shooting into our every unoccupied nook and cranny, but the good ones are now sensitive to our rawest family dynamics.
    Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fast forward: After three years, the site remains vacant, fenced and undeveloped.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2025
  • Inside the one-story cinder block building, three state health officials sat along a table at the front of the largely vacant room.
    Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 14 May 2025
Verb
  • The injunction, which applies to the 2025 season unless it is vacated on appeal, blocks NASCAR from denying 23XI Racing and Front Row the same terms offered to charter teams and ensures the two teams are not compelled to release legal claims against NASCAR.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Title 9 Sports Grill, a sports bar focused on women's athletics, will open in January in the Melrose District space being vacated by Short Leash Hotdogs and Taproom.
    Axios Phoenix, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Binding priorities in the City Charter Section 55.2 direct taxpayer investments first toward navigable waterways, then environmental restoration and protection, and last to deferred maintenance projects.
    Jim Peugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025
  • Soon creators will be able to prompt fully navigable 3D virtual worlds with realistic physics and intelligent NPCs.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Emptied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptied. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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