evacuated

past tense of evacuate
as in emptied
to remove the contents of evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide

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Recent Examples of evacuated Four other service members were medically evacuated to hospitals in Jordan and later released, while personnel treated for minor injuries returned to duty. Christopher Cann, USA Today, 20 July 2026 On Monday, local media reported that the police entered the protest site again, dismantled the stage and tents, and evacuated the protesters. Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026 After Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, Beregovsky and other academics from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences were evacuated to the eastern republic of Bashkir. Shira Li Bartov, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 All 121 workers inside the building were safely evacuated, Coupang said. Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 July 2026 The unilateral withdrawal under former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dismantled those communities and evacuated four additional settlements in the northern West Bank. Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 At the peak, more than 100 million Americans — from the Midwest to the East Coast — were under serious air-quality alerts from the smoke, which wafted into the states from Canada, where thousands of Ontario residents were evacuated. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Four American service members were also medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals, officials said. Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026 Around 15 homes were evacuated in the nearby village of Vaudoue and firefighters were defending several other towns in the area, the local Seine-et-Marne fire service said. CBS News, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
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  • 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
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  • First responders cleared about 50 homes in flood-prone areas, said Jerel Haley, the Kerrville police chief.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • If the recent addition is cleared who of the three 7footers gets the nod?
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2026

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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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