vacuating

verb

Definition of vacuatingnext
present participle of vacuate
as in evacuating

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  1. evacuating
  2. emptying
  3. sucking
Verb
  • A number of countries were evacuating citizens from Beirut as governments worldwide urged their citizens to get out.
    Timour Azhari and Ari Rabinovitch, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Luckily, the woman living in the house escaped by evacuating through a window.
    Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of evacuating
Verb
  • With the urinary system, spinal cord compression can cause difficulty beginning urination, a weak urine stream, or difficulty fully emptying the bladder.
    Julie Scott, MSN, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Despite the aging probe’s emptying power stores, NASA expects that Voyager 2 will keep operating with at least one science instrument into the 2030s.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of emptying
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  • Until then, blood-sucking bat-men were something only Europeans had to worry about, as Dracula and his castle-dwelling kin preyed on hapless villagers half a world away.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The current Magpie wouldn’t get ten steps underground without sucking on a bottle of liquor.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of sucking
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“Vacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuating. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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