vacate, deluge, darken, obnubilate, evacuate. a grinding decline

A Troubled Year at Whole Foods Reflects San Francisco’s Woes

A store fell victim to a grinding decline in the city’s center that began with the pandemic and could continue for years as companies vacate offices.

Up to 1,000 properties may have to be vacated.

Hundreds of Bath homes evacuated over WW2 bomb scare

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A darkening mood

Moody's suggests that European sovereigns will remain troubled for some time(60)

• Greece's austerity package only delays the inevitable(414)
• The problem of binding voters to bail-out deals(23)
• Preventing collapse isn't enough, the ECB needs to focus on growth(45)

A darkening mood

Moody's suggests that European sovereigns will remain troubled for some time(60)

• Greece's austerity package only delays the inevitable(414)
• The problem of binding voters to bail-out deals(23)
• Preventing collapse isn't enough, the ECB needs to focus on growth(45)

grinding

adjective

1. 1.

   (of a difficult situation) oppressive and seemingly without end.

   "grinding poverty"
2. 2.

   (of a sound or movement) harsh and grating.

   "the grinding roar of the lorries"

noun

1. 1.

   the reduction of something to small particles or powder by crushing it.

   "the roasting and grinding of grain, usually barley, for use in brewing"
2. 2.

   the action of rubbing things together gratingly.

   "it's a question that has caused much grinding of teeth among scientists and medics over the last 50 years"

Flood, the：洪水；洪水滅世。又稱 Deluge（創六9；八14）。

del・uge



━━ n. 大洪水; 豪雨; 【聖】（the D-） ノア(Noah)の洪水; 殺到.

After me [us] the deluge.　〔ことわざ〕 あとは野となれ山となれ.

A darkening mood

Moody's suggests that European sovereigns will remain troubled for some time(60)

• Greece's austerity package only delays the inevitable(414)
• The problem of binding voters to bail-out deals(23)
• Preventing collapse isn't enough, the ECB needs to focus on growth(45)

vacate

Pronunciation: /veɪˈkeɪt/  

 /vəˈkeɪt/  

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Leave (a place that one previously occupied):rooms must be vacated by noon on the last day of your holiday

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1.1Give up (a position or employment):he vacated his office as Director

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2Law Cancel or annul (a judgement, contract, or charge):the Justices vacated a ruling by the federal appeals court

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Origin

Mid 17th century (as a legal term, also in the sense 'make ineffective'): from Latin vacat- 'left empty', from the verb vacare.

evacuate 

Pronunciation: /ɪˈvakjʊeɪt/ 

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]

1Remove (someone) from a place of danger to a safer place:several families were evacuated from their homes

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1.1Leave or cause the occupants to leave (a place of danger):fire alarms forced staff to evacuate the building[NO OBJECT]: nearly five million had to evacuate because of air terror

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1.2(Of troops) withdraw from (a place):the last British troops evacuated the Canal Zone

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2technical Remove air, water, or other contents from (a container):when it springs a leak, evacuate the pond

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2.1Empty (the bowels or another bodily organ):patients evacuated their bowels before dialysis

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2.2Discharge (faeces or other matter) from the body:the bowel functions to evacuate solid waste products

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Derivatives

evacuator

NOUN

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'clear the contents of'): from Latin evacuat- '(of the bowels) emptied', from the verb evacuare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out of' + vacuus 'empty'.

darken[dark・en]

• 発音記号[dɑ'ːrkən] 

[動](他)

1 …を暗くする；〈色を〉薄黒くする, 黒ずませる

The stage was darkened.
舞台が暗くなった.

2 …をぼんやりさせる, あいまいにする.

3 …を陰うつ［陰気］にする, 〈心を〉暗くする, 憂うつにする.

4 …の目を見えなくする, 視力を奪う.

━━(自)

1 暗くなる；〈色が〉黒ずむ

The sky darkened.
空が暗くなった.

2 ぼんやりしてくる, はっきりしなくなる.

3 〈心が〉（怒りなどで）憂うつ［陰気］になる.

darken a person's door

((ふつう否定文))人の家の敷居をまたぐ, 人の家を訪問する.


obnubilate

(ob-NOO-buh-layt, -NYOO-) 

verb tr.: To cloud over, obscure, or darken.

Etymology
From Latin obnubilare (to darken or obscure), from ob- (in the way) +nubilare (to be cloudy), from nubes (cloud). The word nuance is alsoa derivative of nubes.

Usage
"In the room which Monsieur [Jacques Parizeau] vacated so suddenly, the 'body odour of race', to quote Montreal poet A.M. Klein, will continue to obnubilate until a window breaks." — Peter Reimann; Monsieur's Lapse; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); Nov 3, 1995.