VACUATE Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

vacuate

verb

Definition of vacuate

as in to evacuate

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With some formal firefighter training and background checks, volunteers commit to following fire officials’ orders, helping residents evacuate and putting out spot fires, while leaving the ferocious front-line flames to the professionals.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026
The last employee to evacuate a data center in Kyiv closed the heavy metal door and took three steps down the stairs when a Russian drone slammed into the building.

— Jane Lytvynenko, NBC news, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of evacuate

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After the school vacated the premises, the space was converted into a restaurant, and the mural was concealed behind wallboard.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
That unique gallery purchased the building in 2018 for $3 million, but officials there didn’t begin planning its future in earnest until Cap City vacated its lease and closed in July 2025.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2026

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Cringe names our ethical recognition of the stakes of emptying out these words.

— Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Rioters clashed with police, looted stores and set property on fire in central Milan on Saturday, emptying Piazza del Duomo and a luxury shopping arcade when the area would usually be teeming with shoppers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of empty

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So, get ready for mountain vistas and exhausting cycling days to take your breath away and questions about your life choices to swirl around in your head!

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2026
That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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