Empty and Wring

Empty

Empty verb - To remove the contents of.

Wring and empty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wring" instead a verb "Empty".

Nearby Words: emptiness, emptying, emptily

Wring

Wring verb - To get (as money) by the use of force or threats.

Empty and wring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Empty" instead a verb "Wring".

Nearby Words: wringing, wringer

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

plenty empty plenty wring plenty

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Judge Dee Once the Judge (finally) manages to wring the truth out of her and break her spirit, the stolen life force leaves her and she ages twenty years in an instant in the sight of the whole court, leaving only a listless Empty Shell.
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