Boot
Boot verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Empty
Empty verb - To remove the contents of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Especially obvious in case of the CMOS batteries in computers, which cause the computer to not boot when they run empty (often after three to five years).
Source: You Get What You Pay For -
Boot up the game again and you'll be greeted with an empty void, before the First Child reappears and offers to reset everything to the way it was... if you sell them your soul.
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She manages to fish out random junk like the classic boot, an empty can of mackerel, an old magazine, and Reisen, while missing all the fishes in the lake.
Source: Fishing for Sole
Cite this Source
Empty and Boot. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/boot/empty
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Empty or Boot. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/boot/empty.
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