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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear an area; empty |
| Synonyms: | abandon, bail out, cut out, decamp, depart, desert, discharge, displace, eject, expel, forsake, hightail, leave, move out, pack up, pull out, quit, relinquish, remove, run for the hills, skidaddle, vacate, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | come in, enter, fill, load, occupy |
| Main Entry: | depart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave, retreat |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, absent, beat it, blast off, cut and run, cut out, decamp, desert, disappear, emigrate, escape, evacuate, exit, get away, git, go, go away, go forth, hit the bricks, hit the road, hit the trail, make a break, march out, migrate, move on, move out, part, perish, pull out, quit, remove, retire, sally forth, say goodbye, scram, secede, set forth, shove off, slip away, split*, start, start out, take leave, tergiversate, troop, vacate, vanish, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive, come, enter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deplete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume, exhaust supply |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bleed, decrease, dig into, diminish, drain, draw, dry up, empty, evacuate, expend, finish, impoverish, lessen, milk, reduce, sap, spend, squander, suck dry, undermine, use up, wash up, waste, weaken |
| Antonyms: | add, augment, expand, fill, give, increase |
| Main Entry: | drain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove liquid; remove supply |
| Synonyms: | abate, bankrupt, bleed, bleed dry, catheterize, consume, debilitate, decrease, deplete, devitalize, diminish, dissipate, divert, draft, draw off, drink up, dry, empty, evacuate, exhaust, expend, fatigue, filter off, finish, free from, get last drop, get rid of, gulp down, impoverish, lessen, milk, pump, pump out, quaff, reduce, sap, siphon, spend, strain, suck, suck dry, swallow, tap, tax, tire out, use up, waste, wear, wear down, weary, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | fill, pour |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, throw away |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, clear out, deep-six, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, fling down, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, let fall, scrap, throw down, throw out, throw overboard, tip, unload, unpack |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep, maintain, save |
| Main Entry: | emit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diffuse, discharge |
| Synonyms: | afford, beam, belch, breathe, cast out, disembogue, drip, eject, emanate, erupt, evacuate, excrete, exhale, expectorate, expel, expend, expire, extrude, exude, give off, give out, give vent to, gush, issue, jet, let off, loose, ooze, pass, perspire, pour, pronounce, purge, radiate, reek, secrete, send forth, send out, shed, shoot, speak, spew, spill, spit, squirt, throw out, transmit, utter, vent, voice, void, vomit, yield |
| Antonyms: | conceal, contain, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | empty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove contents |
| Synonyms: | clear, consume, decant, deplete, discharge, disgorge, drain, drink, dump, ebb, eject, escape, evacuate, exhaust, expel, flow out, gut, leak, leave, make void, pour out, purge, release, run out, rush out, tap, unburden, unload, use up, vacate, void |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | excrete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, usually liquified substance |
| Synonyms: | defecate, egest, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, emanate, evacuate, exhale, expel, exudate, exude, give off, leak, pass, perspire, produce, remove, secrete, sweat, throw off, urinate, void |
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deport from place |
| Synonyms: | banish, cast out, displace, dispossess, drive out, eject, evacuate, expatriate, expel, expulse, extradite, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, transport, turn out |
| Antonyms: | import, take in, welcome |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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