English-German translations for devoid

• leer
  Doch die gleichen Schulen sind nun leer, weil die Kinder zu große Angst haben, aus dem Haus zu gehen. Yet the same schools are now devoid of children, who are too scared to leave their homes.
  Herr Präsident, die Grundsätze einer dauerhaften und umweltgerechten Entwicklung sind leider im Begriff, eine leere Phrase zu werden. Mr President, regrettably the principle of 'sustainable development' is becoming devoid of meaning.
  Auf den anderen Bänken der Mitgliedstaaten herrscht heute Morgen ebenfalls gähnende Leere. The other benches are also exceptionally devoid of representative of the Member States this morning.

Definition of devoid

• empty; having none of; completely without
• To empty out; to remove

Examples

• I went searching for a knife, but the kitchen was devoid of anything sharper than a spoon
• The child will devoid the garbage after he devours his sandwich.

Related words

• devoice
• devoiced
• devoid of
• final devoicing
• terminal devoicing
• final obstruent devoicing