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 According to regional councilor Massimo Sertori, the 21 nuns residing at the monastery were evacuated safely. Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 The shelter that evacuated residents used on Saturday is prepped and ready to reopen if needed, Le Roux said. Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025 Patients at the facility were evacuated safely and all accounted for, according previous reporting. Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025 The air traffic control tower at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was evacuated for a time Friday night after a fire alarm and a gas smell were detected, according to a statement from the Federal Aviation Administration. Aaron Cooper, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 Additionally, four or five people were medically evacuated to a local hospital. Brian Brant, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025 The airport's air traffic control tower was evacuated, and first responders were at the airport, FOX 5 Atlanta reported. Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 Rescue workers have successfully evacuated many others who were previously stranded on the mountain. Chantelle Lee, Time, 6 Oct. 2025 Three people were hospitalized, including one who was air evacuated, fire rescue officials said. Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
Verb
  • Over the following decades, as psychological treatments and laws changed, most asylums emptied.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lue emptied the bench in the fourth, and the young players couldn’t hold on to the lead in the waning minutes.
    Janis Carr, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
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  • He wasn't done there, though, as in the fourth inning, Ohtani added his second homer of the evening, a 469-foot blast that nearly cleared the right field pavilion at Dodger Stadium.
    Andrew Wright, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • She was cleared in each case and chalked up the allegations to political gamesmanship.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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