The term 'cleared out' can be described by four different crossword solutions: EMPTIED (7 letters), evacuated (9 letters), VACATED (7 letters), and GONE (4 letters). To empty something is to remove all of its contents, while to evacuate is to leave a place in an orderly fashion, usually due to an emergency. To vacate is to leave a place, usually with the intention of not returning, and to be GONE is to have left a place. All of these terms describe the act of leaving a place or removing its contents, which is what is meant by the phrase 'cleared out'.