as in emptied
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuated
Terminal 4 check-in has been closed and evacuated while emergency services respond to an incident.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
For the first time in 40 years living there, she was evacuated last summer during the Quarry fire.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday, only 70,000 Palestinians had evacuated Gaza City out of approximately one million people, a senior Israeli official said, making up less than 10% of the total population.
—Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
All nearby residents were forcefully evacuated for their own safety.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Help connecting with relatives still in New Orleans or those who had been evacuated to other cities.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Each village employs a Naturgefahren-Beobachter, or observer of natural hazards, which was one of the reasons that Blatten was evacuated so swiftly.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2025
For the first time in 40 years living there, she was evacuated last summer during the Quarry fire.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
As of Wednesday, only 70,000 Palestinians had evacuated Gaza City out of approximately one million people, a senior Israeli official said, making up less than 10% of the total population.
—Ibrahim Dahman, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
All nearby residents were forcefully evacuated for their own safety.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
As someone who evacuated but was still directly impacted by the storm, Shepard used her lived experience to influence her research on colonial disasters.
—Essence, 5 Sep. 2025
But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank.
—Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Help connecting with relatives still in New Orleans or those who had been evacuated to other cities.
—Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
Each village employs a Naturgefahren-Beobachter, or observer of natural hazards, which was one of the reasons that Blatten was evacuated so swiftly.
—Daniel A. Gross, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
Verb
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Empty Your Toaster's Crumb Catcher The toaster lever is easy to open, but in the rush of making breakfast, it rarely gets emptied.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The net is emptied net back into the water, minus the errant fishing lure which is tossed into a bucket among other trash collected for disposal.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Agents detained two suspects – including one at the scene of the crime – but later released them and cleared them of any involvement.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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The jury cleared Read of killing O’Keefe, charging her with just drunken driving.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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