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vacuum
noun (EMPTY SPACE) /ˈvæk.juːm/Definition
› [C or U] a space from which most or all of the air, gas, or other material has been removed or is not presentEmpty › [S] a lack of something: The withdrawal of troops from the area has created a security vacuum which will need to be filled.Lacking thingsScarce, inadequate and not enoughEssential or necessary in a vacuum › kept separate from other people and activities: No artist works in a vacuum - we are all of us influenced by others.AloneSeparateness and isolation in space
(Definition of vacuum noun (EMPTY SPACE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- bare adjective (EMPTY)
- blank adjective (EMPTY)
- clear adjective (NOT BLOCKED)
- dead adjective (NOT IN USE)
- deserted adjective (EMPTY)
- desolate adjective (EMPTY)
- desolation noun (EMPTINESS)
- emptiness noun (EMPTY SPACE)
- empty adjective (NOTHING IN)
- flat adjective (WITHOUT AIR)
- hollow adjective (EMPTY)
- lifeless adjective
- nothingness noun
- unfurnished adjective
- uninhabited adjective
- vacant adjective (EMPTY)
- void adjective (WITHOUT)
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