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empty

 
 
/ˈempti/ verb

Translation

CONTAINER [T] ( also empty out) If you empty a container, or if you empty the things inside it, you remove everything from it.
boşaltmak
Where can I empty this ashtray? He emptied the dirty water into the sink.1928
PLACE [I] to become empty
boşalmak
The room emptied rapidly when the fire started.1928
(Definition of empty verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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