Empty
Empty verb - To remove the contents of.
Fills
Both words in one sentence
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Archie gets an empty bottle of the expensive stuff and fills it with a cheap scotch instead, saying his buddy won't know the difference.
Source: Series / All in the Family - Faux Empowering Entity: Satan arguably fills this role as he's tempting Jesus with empty/meaningless promises in the desert.
Source: Literature / The Bible - You can only either fill a cup, empty a cup, or transfer any water in the cup to another cup until the target fills or if you run out of water, whichever comes first.
Source: Video Game / Libretta
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