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 Some families planned to head to shelters in Ciudad Constitucion, about 37 miles away, while dozens of people elsewhere in the state were evacuated. — Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026 Flooding also affected the eastern state of Odisha, where more than 75,000 people were evacuated to safer areas, officials said. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 Residents were evacuated from 85 homes in the village of Whelford near the base Sunday, and army bomb-disposal experts used a robot to examine three white vans. — Alastair Grant, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Explosive ordnance disposal teams were sent to inspect the vehicles, while authorities evacuated 85 homes in nearby Whelford as a precaution. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 But the detail about the cave had not appeared in the police report, because Rachelle had not been interviewed directly by investigators after she was evacuated. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Oak Park village officials confirmed that Fenwick High School is being evacuated because of a fire at their parking garage. — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of people in the region evacuated, hunkering down in nearby shelters in schools and other facilities. — Megan Janetsky, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026 Following the incident, police swiftly evacuated nearby businesses and parking garages. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
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  • The machine can continue spewing currency until it is emptied or the operation is interrupted, according to Treasury.
    — Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
  • As the lot emptied, the brothers stuck around to savor the wine.
    — Arthur Holland Michel, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Despite opposition from residents and some Miami Beach leaders, billionaire Ken Griffin’s plan to add a private helipad to his megayacht marina cleared a key city committee Thursday and now heads to the full City Commission.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Mexican authorities opened shelters and cleared people from beaches, and 15,000 security personnel were deployed across the coast.
    — Eugene Garcia, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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