EVACUATED Synonyms: 18 Similar and Opposite Words

evacuated

verb

past tense of evacuate

as in emptied

to remove the contents of evacuate the cupboards completely before spraying the insecticide

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Recent Examples of evacuated In May 2025, a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier thundered down the mountainside in the nearby Loetschental valley, sending plumes of dust skyward and coating with mud nearly all of Blatten, which had been evacuated earlier as a precaution. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Thousands were evacuated, with many sheltering in tents outdoors and afraid to return to their homes due to fears of aftershocks. — Reuters, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026 At least 400 have been evacuated in Ravenswood in addition to those evacuated from Broad Ripple on Friday night, Indianapolis public safety officials said at a Saturday press conference. — Tony Cook, IndyStar, 16 Aug. 2026 Firefighting and coast guard vessels evacuated some 500 beachgoers in the area. — Sylvie Corbet, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026 About 2,000 residents in Nagekeo evacuated, and damage was reported to homes, warehouses and government buildings, the BNPB said. — Reuters, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 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 Lombardo said that more than 6,000 people have been evacuated, with thousands more under an evacuation warning. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 China evacuated more than 1 million people from the east of the country, including the financial hub Shanghai, as a major storm made landfall. — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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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

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But with Paramount having cleared the deal in regulators around the world, the urgency to resolve the lawsuit only grows stronger by the day, and in its statement Friday, the company continued to ramp up public pressure to get the AGs to the table.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
The bill cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee on a 5-1 vote, and next heads to the Senate floor.

— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026

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