as in empties
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuates
There is this tendency to frame eating disorders as a purely biological phenomenon in a way that kind of evacuates them of all meaning, or actually repels the attempt to create meaning.
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Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
On the morning of January 29, 2024, her family evacuates their homes in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Emma Specter, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2026
On the morning of January 29, 2024, her family evacuates their homes in Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City.
—E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuates
Verb
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Best of all, its RockDock Plus empties the dustbin for me for up to seven weeks.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
8 May 2026
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Other than that, though, the place empties out midday while most everyone is within Yosemite.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 May 2026
Verb
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Once the front clears the area Saturday night, a much cooler air mass will settle in for the second half of the weekend.—
Ahmad Bajjey,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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That clears the path for mass deportations and sending Navy gunboats into the Channel to turn back small boats.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 May 2026
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“Evacuates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuates. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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