VACUATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

vacuated

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past tense of vacuate

as in evacuated

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This was recorded by her daughter in the USCP SUV as she was being evacuated from the Capitol.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
The Secret Service evacuated Vice President Pence, while rioters breached more barriers and began to smash through windows, kicking doors open behind them for more rioters to stream in.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of evacuated

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My advice to other leaders would be not to wait until you’re exhausted before doing something for yourself.

— Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
The gold exhausted by the mid-1920s, the mines faltered and then closed, the miners left and the burros stayed, turned loose to make their own way in the desert.

— Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

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As in former works, meanwhile, Hopper’s diner is streamlined, simplified, the world around it emptied to its essentials, adding to its dreamlike quality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Whole neighborhoods had emptied out, and residents noticed fewer drivers on the streets.

— Francesca D’Annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of emptied

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As the puck bounced loose in the high slot, Lekkerimäki left it for defender Hronek and went to cover off the space Hronek had vacated at the point.

— Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026
The court vacated the policy nationwide, impacting not only the Justice Department's efforts to get data from the states that have resisted as well as states that had already voluntarily complied.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of vacated

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Rows of bent heads gazing at their phone screens; each face replaced by a ray of light sucked towards the screen.

— Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
The celebrities sucked up a lot of air, and so the show leaned in, switching to all-celebrity casts.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

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