VACUATED Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

vacuated

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past tense of vacuate

as in evacuated

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In Kyiv’s suburb of Vyshneve, about 600 residents were evacuated because of the risk of unexploded munitions, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The parkway was evacuated Saturday evening while droves of people were still in line to enter due to approaching thunderstorms.

— Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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In the finals, Israel faced an Australian team already exhausted after fending off South Korea, Japan and Rhodesia (itself in the Asian tournament after being banned in Africa over its white governing regime).

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 29 June 2026
For years, people have been frustrated and exhausted by the seemingly endless amount of swiping and small talk that go nowhere on dating apps.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

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Both dugouts and bullpens emptied after Contreras walked on an inside pitch.

— ABC News, ABC News, 26 June 2026
The full-service Asian grocery store will be located at 200 NewPark Mall Road in Newark, filling a space that emptied out in March 2025 when long-time NewPark mall anchor Macy’s closed its doors.

— George Avalos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026

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Local first-quarter net absorption, the difference between space leased and vacated, and often a sign of turnover, was a negative 179,000 square feet.

— Hang Nguyen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
That action came months after Calvin Duncan, who spent decades in prison before his murder conviction was vacated, was elected to the criminal clerk office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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At some point, the speed needed to escape its gravity becomes greater than the speed of light, which means nothing can escape, and all the particles around the star get sucked inside.

— Stephen DiKerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026
She and her friends get sucked into a mystery that may be related to a crime.

— Toni Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

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