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Emptiness

The state of being empty absence of contents void space vacuum as the emptiness of a vessel emptiness of the stomach...


Empty

Containing nothing not holding or having anything within void of contents or appropriate contents not filled said of an inclosure or a container as a box room house etc as an empty chest room purse or pitcher an empty stomach empty shackles...


empty bellied

needing nourishment hungry as empty bellied children...


empty handed

having acquired or gained nothing as the returned from the negotiations empty handed...


Emptying

The act of making empty...


avoid

avoid [modification of Old French esvuider to destroy, literally, to empty, from es- out + vuider to empty] 1 : to make void or undo : annul [the trustee may any transfer of interest of the debtor in property "U.S. Code"] 2 : to respond to (an allegation or averment) by declaring that facts alleged do not result in liability [averments in a pleading to which no responsive pleading is required or permitted shall be taken as denied or ed "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 8(d)"] see also confession and avoidance compare deny 3 : to prevent the occurrence of or responsibility for esp. through lawful means [ a tax] compare evade avoid·abil·i·ty n avoid·able adj avoid·ance n ...


Evacuate

To make empty to empty out to remove the contents of as to evacuate a vessel or dish...


Psilology

Love of empty of empty talk or noise...


Brutum fulmen

Brutum fulmen, an empty noise; an empty threat....


Cenotaph

An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere...


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