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empty

/'ɛmpti/

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verb
leave behind empty; move out of
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abandon vacate

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go forth go away leave
verb
excrete or discharge from the body
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evacuate void

type of:
eliminate excrete egest pass
adjective
needing nourishment
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"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children"

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empty-bellied hungry
adjective
devoid of significance or force
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"empty promises"

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hollow vacuous meaningless nonmeaningful
verb
become empty or void of its content
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discharge

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fill

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change state turn
noun
a container that has been emptied
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container
adjective
emptied of emotion
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"after the violent argument he felt empty"

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drained
adjective
holding or containing nothing
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"an empty glass" "an empty room" "full of empty seats" "empty hours"

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looted lifeless glazed white vacant stripped ransacked plundered pillaged vacuous void blank bare glassy empty-handed clean

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full
verb
make void or empty of contents
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fill

type of:
modify change alter
verb
remove
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withdraw remove take away take

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