empty of
idiom
: completely without (something)
The arena was empty of spectators.
The streets are now empty of traffic.
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And following his inauguration in January 2025, which would coincide with the centennial of Mussolini’s infamous declaration of dictatorship in a Chamber empty of any opposition parties, Trump would be well-positioned to similarly bypass law and order completely.
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Amy King & Brian J Griffith / Made By History, TIME, 14 June 2024
Specifically, the arm was to be used in a collaborative assembly task, and needed to communicate five states to the human user, including greeting the user, prompting the user to take a part, waiting for a new command, an error condition when a container was empty of parts, and then shutting down.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2021
The loss of these imports has left Cuban stores empty of the most basic consumer items, from beer and paper products to spare parts for household appliances.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2018
The typically bustling Cruise Maryland Terminal has been empty of vacationers since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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Amy King & Brian J Griffith / Made By History, TIME, 14 June 2024
Specifically, the arm was to be used in a collaborative assembly task, and needed to communicate five states to the human user, including greeting the user, prompting the user to take a part, waiting for a new command, an error condition when a container was empty of parts, and then shutting down.
—IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2021
The loss of these imports has left Cuban stores empty of the most basic consumer items, from beer and paper products to spare parts for household appliances.
—Richard Feinberg, Foreign Affairs, 20 Sep. 2018
The typically bustling Cruise Maryland Terminal has been empty of vacationers since the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2024
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“Empty of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empty%20of. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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