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Definition vacuum in British English

vacuum noun

noun
/ˈvækjʊəm/
1

a space that has had all the air and any other gases removed from it

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2

a feeling that something is missing, or a situation in which something is missing

Example

the political vacuum left by his unexpected death

Example

The collapse of the dictatorship created a vacuum in which criminal gangs flourished.

Example

They need something to fill the vacuum left by the end of Marxism.

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Definition vacuum in British English