decanted

verb

Definition of decantednext
past tense of decant
as in drained
formal to pour (a liquid, especially wine) from one container into another The bottles were uncorked and the wine was decanted an hour before the meal.

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  1. emptied
  2. pumped
  3. sucked
Verb
  • Some neighbors who decided to leave Asheville until the power and/or water were resurrected emptied their pantries before departure.
    Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The border region has largely emptied out over the past year as the two sides have traded fire.
    AAMER MADHANI, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of emptied
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  • Xi’s party pumped tidal waves of state funds into markets, scrapped all initial public offerings, suspended trading in thousands of companies and let mainlanders pledge homes as collateral to buy shares.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Are you as pumped as Brunson about this unique crossover?
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of pumped
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  • Athena yelled over the sound of air being sucked out of the craft.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
  • These are essentially brief fictional stories that flush out the old AI’s background using contextual information sucked up during the training phase.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of sucked
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