as in emptied
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuated
Natural gas service to the area was turned off, and several homes were evacuated as a precaution, the company said.
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Trevor Sochocki, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
On the captain’s orders, the crew abandoned ship and evacuated to lifeboats.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
One shelter at Waialua High and Intermediate School was evacuated because of flooding, Scheuring said.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Two sailors were initially treated for non-life-threatening injuries, with one medically evacuated ashore.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
He and his family were evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Kyle Fraser was medically evacuated in episode 1 due to a ruptured achilles tendon (season 48, winner).
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 19 Mar. 2026
All preschool children and staff were safely evacuated from the synagogue.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Aside from a security guard wounded by the truck, no one else was hurt and more than 140 students and staff at the temple preschool were safely evacuated.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Trevor Sochocki, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
On the captain’s orders, the crew abandoned ship and evacuated to lifeboats.
—Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
One shelter at Waialua High and Intermediate School was evacuated because of flooding, Scheuring said.
—Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Two sailors were initially treated for non-life-threatening injuries, with one medically evacuated ashore.
—Munis Raza, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
He and his family were evacuated from Afghanistan in 2021.
—Aarón Torres, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
Kyle Fraser was medically evacuated in episode 1 due to a ruptured achilles tendon (season 48, winner).
—Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 19 Mar. 2026
All preschool children and staff were safely evacuated from the synagogue.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Aside from a security guard wounded by the truck, no one else was hurt and more than 140 students and staff at the temple preschool were safely evacuated.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 14 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
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Late in the Arizona-Long Island blowout, both teams emptied their benches -- and that gave Long Island's Eddie Munyak a shot at glory.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 Mar. 2026
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After reaching the half-century mark, the three casks were married together and then finally emptied in August of 2025.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
20 Mar. 2026
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The auditors also claimed that there was a potential conflict of interest problem with the third-party assessment organizations that initially cleared GCC, seeing as they were paid by Microsoft.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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The Castro Valley Democrat has held the highest probability to win the governorship since his entrance into the race last November and has cleared 60% on Kalshi and Polymarket.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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