as in emptied
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuated
Evacuations then proceeded slowly, and only a small portion of Evergreen was evacuated.
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Alan Gionet, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
The Crew-12 mission was bumped up a few days so the astronauts can get to an understaffed space station after the mission's Crew-11 predecessors were medically evacuated in mid-January.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The campus, also described as a high school, was evacuated.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated, police said.
—Richard Hall, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Syniehubov said the family had recently evacuated from another town in the region.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Still, the officers said, some detainees have had to be evacuated back to Florida.
—Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Multiple nearby buildings were exposed to the fire, including one that was evacuated, fire officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
In those first two days, most of the Palestinians who were medically evacuated to Egypt during the war and were due to return to Gaza were barred from re-entering the territory, despite receiving prior approval from Israeli and Egyptian authorities.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Alan Gionet, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
The Crew-12 mission was bumped up a few days so the astronauts can get to an understaffed space station after the mission's Crew-11 predecessors were medically evacuated in mid-January.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
The campus, also described as a high school, was evacuated.
—Dennis Romero, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
All remaining students and staff were safely evacuated, police said.
—Richard Hall, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
Syniehubov said the family had recently evacuated from another town in the region.
—Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Still, the officers said, some detainees have had to be evacuated back to Florida.
—Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
Multiple nearby buildings were exposed to the fire, including one that was evacuated, fire officials said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
In those first two days, most of the Palestinians who were medically evacuated to Egypt during the war and were due to return to Gaza were barred from re-entering the territory, despite receiving prior approval from Israeli and Egyptian authorities.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuated
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This is the last school year for the elementary school, which will be demolished when it’s emptied out.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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As Sheridan emptied his pockets, Ronald Heath began kicking the man and stabbing him with a hunting knife, prosecutors said.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Jayson Tatum has cleared another benchmark in his Achilles rehab, according to a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this week, the FAA cleared the company to resume launches.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Evacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuated. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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