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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  • Typhoon Dolphin, the most powerful cyclone to hit China this year, made landfall in the eastern coastal province of Zhejiang on Sunday, with more than one million people evacuated.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
  • When the trembling decreased, the 27-year-old mother took the stairs seven stories down with her young child in her arms and evacuated the building.
    — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of evacuated
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  • Both Republicans and Democrats can be found at weekend car-wash fundraisers or local public library potlucks, and members of both parties say they are exhausted by politics or too busy with multiple jobs to volunteer.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Cinema has lately exhausted the emotional mileage of the Ukraine–EU border, but one wittily choreographed setpiece involving the couple’s border crossing finds in transition an ingenious point of convergence between gender and geography.
    — Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of exhausted
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  • The refusal tier of American wealth management has emptied out.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Then the offices emptied and everyone was on the same screen.
    — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of emptied
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  • Sky Zone, an indoor play area with 290 franchises across the country, has signed a lease to take over the space being vacated by Office Depot at the Grapevine Towne Center, which is expected to close at the end of August.
    — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Murrill did not, however, address the fact that the court vacated the deal because prosecutors intentionally withheld key information, according to court records.
    — Richard A. Webster, ProPublica, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of vacated
Verb
  • The passenger sitting in that seat was partially sucked out of the plane, suffering serious injuries, the NTSB said.
    — Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The 61-year-old man who was nearly sucked out of the plane suffered neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns.
    — Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
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“Vacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuated. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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