as in cleaned
to use a vacuum cleaner on (something) in order to remove dirt
I vacuumed the living room.
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Recent Examples of vacuumed
It can be sprinkled on infested carpet to quickly exterminate any present carpet beetles, then vacuumed up after two hours.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuumed
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto stayed back and cleaned the team's dugout after pitching a complete game and 105 pitches in World Series Game 2.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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Desrivieres cleaned it up with a shot that was helped in with the right-side post to put Boston International (15-0-2) up 1-0 in the 24th minute.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Anthology Gallery comprises a total of 50 3-D-printed, vertically brushed aluminum fins that resemble pages of a book.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025
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Duplaix also brushed off suggestions that L’Oréal could acquire Giorgio Armani and license its ready-to-wear activities to Kering in a future deal.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers-Blue Jays matchup marks the fifth World Series in history that one team swept their opponent in the LCS round and the other won in a seven-game series.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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The novel follows Eileen O’Malley, 23, who is swept off her feet by naval officer Paul Archer and the two quickly wed.—
Lindsay Kimble,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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It can be washed and even packed on flights.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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Towels and bedding should be washed in hot water to help sanitize them because of their heavy use.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Former school principals scrubbed toilets; physicists became cashiers.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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The word has since been scrubbed from the performance on Peacock and YouTube.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vacuumed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuumed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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