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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
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
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 Days later, chapter leaders learned their bank account had been emptied and their DAV charter revoked, according to court documents. — Sonner Kehrt, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026 Dwayne Johnson is a famously big guy, one who has emptied the ocean of cod to fulfill his protein needs and whose workouts could form their own editorial verticals at various men’s magazines. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 July 2026 The two exchanged words and the dugouts emptied, but order was quickly restored and no one was ejected. — Kyle Glaser, Oc Register, 7 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
  • Thekla, Becomes First Women’s Grand Slam Champion Mercedes Mone looked on from the stands with no lighting and surrounded by empty seats.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Much of the ground there has turned black with ash and many cars have been reduced to empty shells of twisted metal.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Definition of empty
Verb
  • Sony and Fujifilm also evacuated staff from their plants in the area, Nikkei newspaper reported.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
  • Bordeaux turned an exhibition center into an emergency shelter, providing cots and food for thousands of evacuees, including hundreds of older people evacuated from care homes.
    — Mark Carlson, Fortune, 27 July 2026
Definition of evacuated
Adjective
  • The brick building was unoccupied at the time, officials said.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
  • On June 20, an unoccupied Zoox robotaxi encountered heavy smoke that obscured an active emergency fire scene that was not cordoned off with cones, the company wrote in its report.
    — Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 July 2026
Definition of unoccupied
Verb
  • Mahomes has been cleared for Chiefs training camp, which opens Saturday morning with quarterbacks and rookies taking the back fields at Missouri Western State.
    — Sam McDowell July 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026
  • Once the debris cleared, this team determined that the system contained a helium star, one of only a few thousand of these stripped stellar bodies to be discovered among the billions of stars that populate the Milky Way.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of cleared
Adjective
  • The historic Art Deco shops fronting the new hotel along Washington that its developers were obligated to renovate remain fully vacant.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • There’s the new buildings such as Queensbridge Collective or 110 East in South End, which is about 5% vacant.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 22 July 2026
Definition of vacant
Verb
  • Ospreay hit a second-rope torneo to the outside on Matt Jackson while Moxley cleaned Nick Jackson’t clock with a lariat.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • This can also be removed and cleaned further, if needed—just be sure to snap it back on correctly.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 25 July 2026
Definition of cleaned
Adjective
  • The strait is a critical export route for Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest crude exporter, and has remained largely navigable throughout the war.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Humans need transparency and trust in what the AI just did for them; agents need a predictable, machine-navigable structure.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of navigable
Verb
  • Still, these legal battles and the year of strikes drained the UMWA financially.
    — Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
Definition of drained

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