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 Israel's Ministry of Health on Tuesday, since the beginning of the war, 7,183 people have been evacuated to hospitals, of whom 118 are currently hospitalized.
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Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Sediqa Fahimi and Mursal Fahimi are sisters who were evacuated from Afghanistan and resettled in the United States after the fall of Kabul in 2021.
—Sediqa Fahimi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
About 20 people were evacuated from the building, firefighters said, one of whom appeared to be missing until he was taken into custody for possible arson.
—Joy Benedict, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
About six homes immediately surrounding the backyard were evacuated as both teams removed the device.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Some prominent commercial buildings elsewhere in Riyadh — including the Al Faisaliah Tower, which houses JPMorgan and Apple — were also evacuated over the weekend.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Things accelerated following a volcanic eruption in 1961, after which the entire community was evacuated to the United Kingdom.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from the site on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, in evacuations already planned before the latest incident.
—Luke Fountain,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
The Military Police and Fire Department responded to the scene and evacuated residents from the area.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2026
Sediqa Fahimi and Mursal Fahimi are sisters who were evacuated from Afghanistan and resettled in the United States after the fall of Kabul in 2021.
—Sediqa Fahimi, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
About 20 people were evacuated from the building, firefighters said, one of whom appeared to be missing until he was taken into custody for possible arson.
—Joy Benedict, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
About six homes immediately surrounding the backyard were evacuated as both teams removed the device.
—Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Some prominent commercial buildings elsewhere in Riyadh — including the Al Faisaliah Tower, which houses JPMorgan and Apple — were also evacuated over the weekend.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Things accelerated following a volcanic eruption in 1961, after which the entire community was evacuated to the United Kingdom.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom evacuated a further 198 of its staff from the site on Saturday, Russian news agencies reported, in evacuations already planned before the latest incident.
—Luke Fountain,azhar Sukri, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
The Military Police and Fire Department responded to the scene and evacuated residents from the area.
—Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
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The man then got into the driver’s seat of the truck, backed it up toward the property and fully emptied the contents of the dumpster onto the lawn.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Miami then emptied its bench late in the blowout win.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Murakami cleared the center field batter’s eye for his first major-league slam.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Foreign Office, which oversees diplomatic appointments, cleared him anyway.—
Jill Lawless,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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