VACUATE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

vacuate

verb

Definition of vacuate

as in to evacuate

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Residents in central Gaza returned home to assess the damage caused by Israeli strikes after they had been warned to evacuate the day before.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
Jalisco state suspended classes on Friday and Monday in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating dozens of people from at-risk areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

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After the school vacated the premises, the space was converted into a restaurant, and the mural was concealed behind wallboard.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
That unique gallery purchased the building in 2018 for $3 million, but officials there didn’t begin planning its future in earnest until Cap City vacated its lease and closed in July 2025.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

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Those three details are generally not enough by themselves to empty your bank account, take out a major loan or completely steal your identity.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Khan, whose estate has not become an AI hub in the way that London’s King’s Cross district has, says there’s no sign yet that AI will empty Canary Wharf of its white-collar workers.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026

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Among the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets in France on Tuesday were Paolina and Violette, eighteen and seventeen years old, arguing politely with a white-haired man sucking apple juice from a juice box.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
But that doesn’t erase the fact that Gromit breaking kayfabe for his memoir sucks.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of suck

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Fans care about rivalries among teams made up of students who generally progress through college and exhaust their eligibility alongside their classmates, rather than athletes whose college careers extend well beyond the traditional timeline.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Across a vast and punishing Atlantic, the voyage exhausted the patience of its crew, but never the conviction of its captain.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 12 Oct. 2026

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