as in emptying
to remove the contents of
evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide
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Recent Examples of evacuating
About 700 people live on the 12 Tokara islands, and some of the residents have been evacuating voluntarily to the mainland.
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Hollie Silverman
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But there is no apparent mechanism to prevent those Hamas members from joining the throngs of Palestinians evacuating south.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Uncommon courage was common on 9/11, from the united passengers on United 93 to the unsung hotel workers at the Marriott World Trade Center who died evacuating guests.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The incident briefly shutdown the production and resulted in the international cast and crew evacuating for a time.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As officers attempted contact, more gunshots were fired from inside the apartment toward officers, who took cover and began securing the scene and evacuating surrounding apartments, according to the release.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing's help in evacuating close to 200,000 Filipinos living in Taiwan if conflict breaks out.
—Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo Vietnam began evacuating more than half a million people Sunday in preparation for a powerful typhoon, which made landfall on the country’s coasts on Monday afternoon.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Hollie Silverman
john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
But there is no apparent mechanism to prevent those Hamas members from joining the throngs of Palestinians evacuating south.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Uncommon courage was common on 9/11, from the united passengers on United 93 to the unsung hotel workers at the Marriott World Trade Center who died evacuating guests.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The incident briefly shutdown the production and resulted in the international cast and crew evacuating for a time.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
As officers attempted contact, more gunshots were fired from inside the apartment toward officers, who took cover and began securing the scene and evacuating surrounding apartments, according to the release.
—Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2025
After evacuating right before Katrina, Fussell and her family moved through Baton Rouge; New Iberia; Washington, DC; and Philadelphia before returning to New Orleans in December 2005.
—Dian Zhang, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
Speaking at a Senate hearing, Lazaro was asked whether the Philippines could seek Beijing's help in evacuating close to 200,000 Filipinos living in Taiwan if conflict breaks out.
—Karen Lema, Reuters, 28 Aug. 2025
LogoPowered byScale logo Vietnam began evacuating more than half a million people Sunday in preparation for a powerful typhoon, which made landfall on the country’s coasts on Monday afternoon.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evacuating
Verb
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Trouble emptying the bladder completely.—
Jenna Anderson,
Health,
18 Sep. 2025
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Less than two days after a report of gunfire sent people running at Worlds of Fun Saturday night, emptying the amusement park on the first night of their Halloween Haunt event, police have determined the noises were caused by fireworks.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Slater’s first blast of the evening was a true wall-scraper in the top of the third, barely clearing the center-field fence to give the Giants an early 1-0 lead.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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After clearing the House, the GOP spending bill failed in the Senate by a vote of 44 to 48.—
Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Evacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evacuating. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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