vacuated

verb

past tense of vacuate
as in evacuated

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  1. evacuated
  2. exhausted
  3. emptied
  4. vacated
  5. sucked
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  • More than 1,000 people have been evacuated from the region, including more than 250 rescued by boats from beaches in the area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • At least 60,000 people have been evacuated from the Spokane, Washington, area as wildfires fueled by strong winds and dry conditions destroyed hundreds of buildings and knocked out power across the region, officials said.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of evacuated
Verb
  • Most professionals are exhausted from repetition rather than effort.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Both player exhausted their eligibility as seniors last season and went undrafted, but with the new ruling, could find their way back to Orlando.
    — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • One kind of firework sounds as though the sky just emptied its digital trash.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The benches emptied for both teams, but calm was restored a couple minutes later.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of emptied
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  • The alternative to keeping both players would be waiving Thompson, then signing Smith to a two-way contract via the slot Thompson vacated.
    — Tony East, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The report noted that seven Miami-Dade building officials did not submit information to the state, and analysts said Aventura did not respond to questions about whether any buildings had been vacated.
    — David Smiley, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of vacated
Verb
  • On the bridge, Sam taunts his brother before getting sucked out a hole in the observation window, graphically.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026
  • Often, compositions came from MacLeod watching a YouTube video, thinking the music sucked, then trying to make something more suitable.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
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