as in emptying
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuating
The incident briefly shutdown the production and resulted in the international cast and crew evacuating for a time.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As officers attempted contact, more gunshots were fired from inside the apartment toward officers, who took cover and began securing the scene and evacuating surrounding apartments, according to the release.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing's help in evacuating close to 200,000 Filipinos living in Taiwan if conflict breaks out.
—Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
Martin and her husband, MJ, were no strangers to evacuating when a hurricane approached.
—Jessica Jordan, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo Vietnam began evacuating more than half a million people Sunday in preparation for a powerful typhoon, which made landfall on the country’s coasts on Monday afternoon.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The incident had initially sparked a manhunt in the 4,000-acre park southwest of Denver, with heavily armed officers searching the grounds and evacuating visitors.
—ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
While emergency responders were on the scene, evacuating construction workers due to the gas leak, there was an explosion hurtling debris hundreds of feet in the air, video shows.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As officers attempted contact, more gunshots were fired from inside the apartment toward officers, who took cover and began securing the scene and evacuating surrounding apartments, according to the release.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing's help in evacuating close to 200,000 Filipinos living in Taiwan if conflict breaks out.
—Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
Martin and her husband, MJ, were no strangers to evacuating when a hurricane approached.
—Jessica Jordan, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo Vietnam began evacuating more than half a million people Sunday in preparation for a powerful typhoon, which made landfall on the country’s coasts on Monday afternoon.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The incident had initially sparked a manhunt in the 4,000-acre park southwest of Denver, with heavily armed officers searching the grounds and evacuating visitors.
—ABC News, 21 Aug. 2025
While emergency responders were on the scene, evacuating construction workers due to the gas leak, there was an explosion hurtling debris hundreds of feet in the air, video shows.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuating
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Masters says that taking care of small chores, such as taking out the trash, loading the dishwasher, and emptying the fridge of your own food, shows respect for the host, their belongings, and their home.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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The new medication from Tufts targets a combination of four hormones — GLP-1, GIP, glucagon (the counterpart to insulin), and peptide YY, which reduces hunger, slows stomach emptying and may promote fat-burning.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of the investigation for the detectives was clearing Leslie's husband of any involvement in the murder.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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A couple-hundred miles east and 180 years earlier, in 1795, an Ontario farmer named John McIntosh came upon a couple dozen apple trees while clearing brush on his property.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Evacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuating. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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